M4.3 earthquake 132 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 132 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 5:10 PM GMT-3 (20:10 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 115 km NE 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-04 20:10:28 UTC
- Depth
- 122.9 km (76.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.392° S, 69.231° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6144 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2940 days ago · 101 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.154 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2938 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.391 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2925 days ago · 99 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 4.199 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2914 days ago · 138 km deep · 54 km away
- 6.2115 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2891 days ago · 102 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 69
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000h8df. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:29 AM UTC.