Chile earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 138 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 138 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 1:01 PM GMT-4 (17:01 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-07 17:01:03 UTC
Depth
112.6 km (70.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.533° S, 68.863° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.51
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
103°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2608 days ago · 106 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.3144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2601 days ago · 112 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.6139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2600 days ago · 124 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.5154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2599 days ago · 114 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.3127 km N of Calama, Chile · 2583 days ago · 135 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.4143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2581 days ago · 134 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2579 days ago · 120 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2562 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.3146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2560 days ago · 110 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 4.2145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2614 days ago · 132 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.4145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2637 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600051xc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC.