M4.6 earthquake 144 km SE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 144 km SE of Arica, Chile on Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 7:50 AM GMT-3 (10:50 UTC), 101 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 115 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-14 10:50:37 UTC
- Depth
- 100.5 km (62.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.244° S, 69.190° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 131
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.154 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2938 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.293 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2925 days ago · 135 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.391 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2925 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.199 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2914 days ago · 138 km deep · 45 km away
- 6.2115 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2891 days ago · 102 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 69
- 4.794 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2887 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hekj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.