M4.5 earthquake 71 km W of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 71 km W of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Jun 2, 2018, 3:58 PM GMT-4 (19:58 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 84 km W 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-02 19:58:16 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.266° S, 70.828° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 314°, dip 21°, rake 61°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 165°, dip 72°, rake 101°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.5 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 49
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.377 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3042 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
- 4.684 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3032 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3031 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.591 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 3024 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.189 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 3010 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.029 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3005 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ehi8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:24 AM UTC.