M5.0 earthquake 78 km NNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 78 km NNW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 3:42 PM GMT-3 (18:42 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-19 18:42:21 UTC
- Depth
- 62.6 km (38.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.540° S, 70.389° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.089 · 12 stations |
| 5.04 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.1 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 128°, dip 39°, rake -120°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 345°, dip 57°, rake -68°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.6 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.186 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2910 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.964 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2898 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.481 km W of Iquique, Chile · 2888 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hh8t (also filed as iscgem612727681). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC.