M4.2 earthquake 97 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 97 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Feb 6, 2019, 10:48 PM GMT-3 (01:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 96 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-07 01:48:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.904° S, 71.021° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- 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: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.599 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2795 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2795 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.2108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2795 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 5.2100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2795 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jnc7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC.