M4.4 earthquake 110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Feb 6, 2019, 7:54 PM GMT-3 (22:54 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-06 22:54:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.951° S, 71.173° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 25
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.599 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2794 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 4.297 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2794 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.496 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2757 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jnbn. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC.