M4.3 earthquake 113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Sep 3, 2018, 5:45 AM GMT-3 (08:45 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 147 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-03 08:45:01 UTC
- Depth
- 114.0 km (70.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.681° S, 69.186° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 88
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.420 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2937 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2934 days ago · 136 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2930 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4169 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2927 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3129 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2926 days ago · 123 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.388 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2921 days ago · 88 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2149 km N of Calama, Chile · 2920 days ago · 117 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4153 km N of Calama, Chile · 2911 days ago · 133 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3162 km N of Calama, Chile · 2907 days ago · 113 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2139 km N of Calama, Chile · 2904 days ago · 122 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2121 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2901 days ago · 96 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.0150 km N of Calama, Chile · 2894 days ago · 141 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4122 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2892 days ago · 106 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000h737. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC.