M4.2 earthquake 142 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 142 km E of Iquique, Chile on Fri, May 24, 2019, 8:22 AM GMT-4 (12:22 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 110 km ENE 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
- 2019-05-24 12:22:09 UTC
- Depth
- 114.8 km (71.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.274° S, 68.785° 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, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2686 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2151 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2686 days ago · 112 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2676 days ago · 99 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1Tarapaca, Chile · 2666 days ago · 95 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 3.7147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2663 days ago · 122 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 2655 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2133 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 2655 days ago · 170 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2637 days ago · 126 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60003rn1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:11 PM UTC.