M4.4 earthquake 114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Mar 9, 2019, 3:16 AM GMT-3 (06:16 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 156 km W of Colchani, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-09 06:16:15 UTC
- Depth
- 99.0 km (61.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.964° S, 69.089° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.4 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2114 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2759 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.1156 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 2757 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5142 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2747 days ago · 152 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.085 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2747 days ago · 112 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.0133 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2740 days ago · 126 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2723 days ago · 97 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3157 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2709 days ago · 120 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jctj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:53 AM UTC.