M4.1 earthquake 63 km E of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 63 km E of Arica, Chile on Thu, Nov 15, 2018, 3:27 AM GMT-3 (06:27 UTC), 149 km (93 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km ESE of Calana, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-15 06:27:13 UTC
- Depth
- 149.4 km (92.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.373° S, 69.703° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.9 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 41
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.321 km ESE of Calana, Peru · 2851 days ago · 130 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.229 km NE of Palca, Peru · 2848 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.181 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2838 days ago · 145 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.399 km E of Arica, Chile · 2827 days ago · 130 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.035 km WSW of Arica, Chile · 2885 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.230 km SE of Tacna, Peru · 2891 days ago · 102 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.421 km NW of Arica, Chile · 2905 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.714 km S of Palca, Peru · 2905 days ago · 114 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hs1w. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:47 AM UTC.