M4.1 earthquake 86 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 86 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Oct 14, 2018, 2:21 AM GMT-3 (05:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 81 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-14 05:21:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.997° S, 70.944° 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 3.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 199°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.964 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2898 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.481 km W of Iquique, Chile · 2889 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hbw7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.