M4.3 earthquake 56 km SE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 56 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jan 8, 2019, 7:32 PM GMT-3 (22:32 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 90 km SW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-08 22:32:54 UTC
- Depth
- 27.5 km (17.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.582° S, 69.775° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 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 2.8 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 33
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2800 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.590 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 2780 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2775 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2764 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j1jg. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.