Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 103 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 103 km E of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 6:18 AM GMT-3 (09:18 UTC), 101 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 141 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-02-18 09:18:42 UTC
Depth
100.5 km (62.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.310° S, 69.166° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV) at Mamina and Pica; (III) at Alto Hospicio and Iquique; (II) at Huara, La Tirana and Pozo Almonte.

From the USGS event page for us10004qra. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.5 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3864 days ago · 101 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.571 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3862 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.2133 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3856 days ago · 107 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 3.8132 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3854 days ago · 114 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 4.6148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3853 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.0148 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3845 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.5133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3842 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.1122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3840 days ago · 100 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 4.625 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3836 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.1126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3834 days ago · 115 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 4.7141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3830 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 4.0123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3824 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 4.0115 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3824 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 4.0120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3824 days ago · 109 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 4.1107 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3823 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 4.2115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3880 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.9139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3889 days ago · 99 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.4Tarapaca, Chile · 3898 days ago · 100 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004qra. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC.