M4.5 earthquake Tarapaca, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in Tarapaca, Chile on Mon, Mar 19, 2018, 3:50 AM GMT-3 (06:50 UTC), 117 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 109 km E 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-19 06:50:59 UTC
- Depth
- 116.6 km (72.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.116° S, 69.352° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 52
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.196 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3093 days ago · 108 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.081 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3087 days ago · 87 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.198 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3078 days ago · 87 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.8109 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3074 days ago · 100 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3061 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d6by. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:32 AM UTC.