M4.5 earthquake 118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Aug 7, 2013, 4:19 AM GMT-4 (08:19 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 110 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-08-07 08:19:57 UTC
- Depth
- 107.6 km (66.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.653° S, 69.181° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
ML 4.4 (GUC).
From the USGS event page for usb000ixaw. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6123 km SE of Arica, Chile · 4795 days ago · 105 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.794 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4778 days ago · 98 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6160 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4777 days ago · 125 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.0110 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4773 days ago · 100 km deep · 13 km away
Before
- 4.343 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4805 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6103 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4806 days ago · 96 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4813 days ago · 100 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4819 days ago · 97 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.6104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4821 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1127 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4822 days ago · 118 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.6138 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4832 days ago · 110 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 10
- 5.1144 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 4833 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000ixaw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC.