M4.2 earthquake 127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jul 3, 2018, 6:15 PM GMT-4 (22:15 UTC), 110 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 149 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-03 22:15:23 UTC
- Depth
- 110.3 km (68.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.822° S, 69.117° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5149 km N of Calama, Chile · 3008 days ago · 124 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5130 km N of Calama, Chile · 2994 days ago · 130 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2984 days ago · 135 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2983 days ago · 123 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4129 km N of Calama, Chile · 2961 days ago · 127 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2137 km N of Calama, Chile · 2960 days ago · 112 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5152 km N of Calama, Chile · 2957 days ago · 125 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2955 days ago · 102 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 4.3144 km N of Calama, Chile · 3016 days ago · 122 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.7118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3032 days ago · 104 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 4.299 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3032 days ago · 97 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2123 km N of Calama, Chile · 3034 days ago · 138 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 3035 days ago · 133 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.0108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3035 days ago · 139 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2120 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3038 days ago · 111 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.4131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3038 days ago · 102 km deep · 5 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fwbx. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.