Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Jan 31, 2019, 4:49 PM GMT-3 (19:49 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 156 km W of Colchani, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-01-31 19:49:49 UTC
Depth
102.1 km (63.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.486° S, 69.017° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
92°
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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2798 days ago · 139 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.1136 km N of Calama, Chile · 2793 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.4147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2774 days ago · 129 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.1146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2774 days ago · 91 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.4114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2763 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.6135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2762 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.2114 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2758 days ago · 108 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 4.3121 km N of Calama, Chile · 2758 days ago · 126 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 5.1156 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 2756 days ago · 121 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.2148 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2754 days ago · 131 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 4.6167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2746 days ago · 126 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.5142 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2746 days ago · 152 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 4.085 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2745 days ago · 112 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 4.4142 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2806 days ago · 147 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.356 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2823 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.7137 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2827 days ago · 140 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jbe8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC.