M4.2 earthquake 120 km SE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 120 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Jun 7, 2018, 7:35 AM GMT-4 (11:35 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 118 km ESE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-07 11:35:36 UTC
- Depth
- 111.3 km (69.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.822° S, 69.195° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3036 days ago · 139 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 3036 days ago · 133 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2123 km N of Calama, Chile · 3035 days ago · 138 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.299 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3033 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.7118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3033 days ago · 104 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 4.386 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3025 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3144 km N of Calama, Chile · 3017 days ago · 122 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3012 days ago · 110 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.5149 km N of Calama, Chile · 3009 days ago · 124 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5130 km N of Calama, Chile · 2994 days ago · 130 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2985 days ago · 135 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2983 days ago · 123 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.4131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3039 days ago · 102 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1120 km N of Calama, Chile · 3043 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.9115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3048 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3111 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3053 days ago · 96 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.7135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3055 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3062 days ago · 102 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
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