M4.7 earthquake 88 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 88 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Dec 15, 2018, 9:12 AM GMT-3 (12:12 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 100 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-15 12:12:49 UTC
- Depth
- 18.3 km (11.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.976° S, 70.959° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 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 5.5 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2794 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 4
- 4.2108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2794 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2794 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.599 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2794 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 4.297 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2794 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000itug. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:13 PM UTC.