M4.5 earthquake 157 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 157 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Jan 4, 2018, 5:48 PM GMT-3 (20:48 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-04 20:48:58 UTC
- Depth
- 12.4 km (7.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.799° S, 71.591° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.5 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 156°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000c2n7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC.