M4.5 earthquake 139 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 139 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, May 22, 2018, 3:10 AM GMT-4 (07:10 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 115 km E 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-22 07:10:04 UTC
- Depth
- 110.7 km (68.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.367° S, 69.164° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3049 days ago · 102 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.9115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3048 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 4.299 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3033 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.582 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3032 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3031 days ago · 95 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.466 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3020 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1121 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3016 days ago · 102 km deep · 19 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e9rj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC.