M4.6 earthquake 113 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 113 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Oct 28, 2019, 11:38 PM GMT-3 (02:38 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 113 km E 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-29 02:38:16 UTC
- Depth
- 100.2 km (62.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.577° S, 69.306° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 116
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5112 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2532 days ago · 111 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.197 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2532 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3117 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2531 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1121 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2521 days ago · 95 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.392 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2516 days ago · 136 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2482 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 8
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000646z. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.