M4.3 earthquake 43 km NNE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 43 km NNE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Aug 6, 2013, 9:21 AM GMT-4 (13:21 UTC), 52 km (32 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-08-06 13:21:39 UTC
- Depth
- 52.3 km (32.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.883° S, 69.925° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- ±0.53
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4805 days ago · 108 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.494 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4805 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.281 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 4802 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4797 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.6123 km SE of Arica, Chile · 4796 days ago · 105 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.551 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4796 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.794 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4779 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.0110 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4773 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.6103 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4807 days ago · 96 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.258 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4807 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 7
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4813 days ago · 100 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.451 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4817 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.8Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4819 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.559 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4819 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.754 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4820 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4820 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.766 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4824 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.6138 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4833 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 10
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000j2vp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:09 AM UTC.