M4.0 earthquake 85 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 85 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 5:20 AM GMT-3 (08:20 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 47 km NNW 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-27 08:20:25 UTC
- Depth
- 112.2 km (69.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.933° S, 69.386° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0133 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2739 days ago · 126 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.8108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2722 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3157 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2708 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.047 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2695 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 21
- 4.090 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2693 days ago · 105 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2142 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2688 days ago · 115 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jmbe. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:15 AM UTC.