M4.5 earthquake 136 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 136 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 2:22 PM GMT-3 (17:22 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 147 km ENE 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-27 17:22:43 UTC
- Depth
- 106.2 km (66.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.418° S, 69.160° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.191 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2845 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2836 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 4.399 km E of Arica, Chile · 2829 days ago · 130 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.886 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2827 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 4.9147 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2826 days ago · 104 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2101 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2817 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4142 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2809 days ago · 147 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hx2l. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC.