M4.8 earthquake 86 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 86 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 5:25 PM GMT-3 (20:25 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 147 km ENE 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-06 20:25:36 UTC
- Depth
- 110.0 km (68.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.616° S, 69.619° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9147 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2824 days ago · 104 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2101 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2815 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.998 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2766 days ago · 108 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j0w5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC.