M4.4 earthquake 142 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 142 km E of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 6:31 AM GMT-3 (09:31 UTC), 147 km (91 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
- 2019-01-25 09:31:00 UTC
- Depth
- 146.8 km (91.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.197° S, 68.789° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 40
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
- 4.2122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2800 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2798 days ago · 139 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2774 days ago · 91 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2764 days ago · 99 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2114 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2758 days ago · 108 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.1156 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 2756 days ago · 121 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j8q4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC.