M4.4 earthquake 81 km W of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 81 km W of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Nov 4, 2018, 11:55 PM GMT-3 (02:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 88 km WNW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-05 02:55:11 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.108° S, 70.926° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 48
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 us2000i6v9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:44 PM UTC.