M4.7 earthquake 125 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 125 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 7:01 AM GMT-3 (10:01 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-18 10:01:27 UTC
- Depth
- 109.9 km (68.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.778° S, 69.113° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.7 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 226°, dip 23°, rake -38°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 352°, dip 76°, rake -109°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.2 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 78
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3236 days ago · 109 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3235 days ago · 105 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3233 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3215 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3210 days ago · 101 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5148 km N of Calama, Chile · 3206 days ago · 138 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5138 km N of Calama, Chile · 3196 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5113 km N of Calama, Chile · 3182 days ago · 119 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 4.196 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3243 days ago · 95 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.0155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3246 days ago · 134 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5146 km N of Calama, Chile · 3249 days ago · 107 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3252 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.070 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 3266 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bqxy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC.