M4.3 earthquake 134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 9:24 AM GMT-3 (12:24 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 147 km N of Calama, 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-29 12:24:57 UTC
- Depth
- 101.7 km (63.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.725° S, 68.986° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2951 days ago · 114 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2935 days ago · 136 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2930 days ago · 124 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4169 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2928 days ago · 115 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3129 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2926 days ago · 123 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.388 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2922 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2149 km N of Calama, Chile · 2920 days ago · 117 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4153 km N of Calama, Chile · 2911 days ago · 133 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3162 km N of Calama, Chile · 2908 days ago · 113 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2139 km N of Calama, Chile · 2905 days ago · 122 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2121 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2901 days ago · 96 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 4.5152 km N of Calama, Chile · 2958 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2137 km N of Calama, Chile · 2961 days ago · 112 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4129 km N of Calama, Chile · 2962 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2983 days ago · 123 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2985 days ago · 135 km deep · 62 km away
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