M4.1 earthquake 89 km SSW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 89 km SSW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Jul 5, 2018, 12:27 PM GMT-4 (16:27 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2018-07-05 16:27:00 UTC
- Depth
- 20.9 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.893° S, 70.618° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fxjy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.