M4.0 earthquake 108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, May 27, 2018, 10:59 PM GMT-4 (02:59 UTC), 102 km (64 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-28 02:59:51 UTC
- Depth
- 102.3 km (63.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.736° S, 69.245° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.52
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3047 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 4.299 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3033 days ago · 97 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.582 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3031 days ago · 117 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3030 days ago · 95 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1121 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3015 days ago · 102 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.029 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3004 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ed62. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:12 AM UTC.