M5.1 earthquake 167 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 167 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Mar 4, 2018, 1:16 PM GMT-3 (16:16 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-04 16:16:31 UTC
- Depth
- 120.6 km (74.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.424° S, 68.564° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 5.1 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 240°, dip 56°, rake -15°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 339°, dip 78°, rake -145°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.1 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 28°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Tarapaca, Chile · 3118 days ago · 117 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6112 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3103 days ago · 169 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3153 km N of Calama, Chile · 3095 days ago · 155 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.196 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3093 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.081 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3087 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3082 days ago · 135 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.198 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3078 days ago · 87 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8109 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3074 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dc2w (also filed as iscgem611729835). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC.