M4.7 earthquake 94 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 94 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Nov 6, 2018, 5:31 AM GMT-3 (08:31 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-06 08:31:01 UTC
- Depth
- 86.6 km (53.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.719° S, 69.414° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.1 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 156
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2865 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.191 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2843 days ago · 92 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2834 days ago · 100 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 6.2115 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2891 days ago · 102 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 69
- 4.4122 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2892 days ago · 106 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 3.964 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2897 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.199 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2913 days ago · 138 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000i7cy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:04 PM UTC.