M4.5 earthquake 90 km SW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 90 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 4:37 AM GMT-3 (07:37 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 88 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-21 07:37:49 UTC
- Depth
- 14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.864° S, 70.674° 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
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 174°, dip 74°, rake 103°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 315°, dip 20°, rake 52°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.2 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jl0v. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC.