M4.3 earthquake 77 km W of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 77 km W of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jun 3, 2018, 10:30 AM GMT-4 (14:30 UTC), 15 km (9 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
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-03 14:30:23 UTC
- Depth
- 14.7 km (9.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.207° S, 70.894° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, 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
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 165°, dip 69°, rake 91°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 342°, dip 21°, rake 87°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.1 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.684 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3035 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.3105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3035 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.591 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 3027 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 4.189 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 3014 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.029 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3008 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ehx8. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:38 AM UTC.