M4.2 earthquake 108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Feb 6, 2019, 3:50 PM GMT-3 (18:50 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 99 km WNW 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
- 4.2 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-06 18:50:41 UTC
- Depth
- 12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.957° S, 71.147° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.2 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 349°, dip 34°, rake 92°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 166°, dip 56°, rake 89°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 156°
- Stations used
- 36
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2794 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.599 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2794 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 4.297 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2794 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.496 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2757 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jelf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC.