M4.2 earthquake 99 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 99 km E of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jun 12, 2018, 4:56 PM GMT-4 (20:56 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 105 km NE 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
- 2018-06-12 20:56:37 UTC
- Depth
- 96.8 km (60.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.163° S, 69.198° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3033 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 4.582 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3032 days ago · 117 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3030 days ago · 95 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1121 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3015 days ago · 102 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3012 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.029 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3004 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2983 days ago · 123 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 5.2105 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2981 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 8
Before
- 4.2120 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3038 days ago · 111 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3038 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.9115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3048 days ago · 101 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3049 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3111 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3053 days ago · 96 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5139 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3054 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3061 days ago · 102 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000epc0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:12 PM UTC.