M4.3 earthquake 99 km E of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 99 km E of Arica, Chile on Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 5:30 AM GMT-3 (08:30 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-05 08:30:09 UTC
- Depth
- 129.8 km (80.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.644° S, 69.368° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2101 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2815 days ago · 110 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.181 km E of Arica, Chile · 2803 days ago · 123 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3129 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 2798 days ago · 156 km deep · 50 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j0gr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:24 AM UTC.