M4.9 earthquake 147 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 147 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 10:43 AM GMT-3 (13:43 UTC), 104 km (64 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (Mww, W-phase moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-07 13:43:28 UTC
- Depth
- 103.5 km (64.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.572° S, 68.916° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.062 · 25 stations |
| 5.01 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.9 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 233°, dip 50°, rake -5°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 326°, dip 86°, rake -140°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.6 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 94
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2101 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2815 days ago · 110 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4142 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2807 days ago · 147 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3129 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 2798 days ago · 156 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j12v (also filed as iscgem614556221). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:02 PM UTC.