M4.5 earthquake 82 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 82 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 1:25 AM GMT-4 (05:25 UTC), 117 km (72 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
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-14 05:25:02 UTC
- Depth
- 116.6 km (72.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.849° S, 69.457° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 46
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 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 · 42 km away
- 4.029 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3004 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2983 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 5.2105 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2981 days ago · 84 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 8
Before
- 4.299 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3033 days ago · 97 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.9115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3048 days ago · 101 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3048 days ago · 102 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5139 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3054 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3061 days ago · 102 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000er7a. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC.