M4.6 earthquake 139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 12:04 PM GMT-4 (16:04 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-19 16:04:55 UTC
- Depth
- 124.2 km (77.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.592° S, 68.872° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2601 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3127 km N of Calama, Chile · 2585 days ago · 135 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2583 days ago · 134 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2581 days ago · 120 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2573 days ago · 139 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2563 days ago · 99 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2562 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2544 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.3144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2603 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2609 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 3.9138 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2614 days ago · 113 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.2145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2616 days ago · 132 km deep · 67 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600056zw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC.