M4.1 earthquake 91 km SW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 91 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 3:13 PM GMT-3 (18:13 UTC), 21 km (13 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
- 4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-22 18:13:01 UTC
- Depth
- 20.6 km (12.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.860° S, 70.701° 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
- 4.1 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 15°, dip 13°, rake 111°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 173°, dip 78°, rake 85°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.4 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 162°
- 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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.088 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 2748 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
- 4.172 km S of Iquique, Chile · 2739 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jlnk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.