M4.2 earthquake 101 km ESE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 101 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Thu, Jan 17, 2019, 1:55 AM GMT-3 (04:55 UTC), 110 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 98 km ESE of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-17 04:55:29 UTC
- Depth
- 110.4 km (68.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.881° S, 69.436° 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, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.181 km E of Arica, Chile · 2803 days ago · 123 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3129 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 2798 days ago · 156 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.998 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2766 days ago · 108 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 7
- 4.252 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 2758 days ago · 147 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.9147 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2825 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 4.886 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2825 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 4.399 km E of Arica, Chile · 2827 days ago · 130 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.181 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2839 days ago · 145 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j4ww. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:10 AM UTC.