M4.3 earthquake 130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 4:13 PM GMT-3 (19:13 UTC), 99 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-07 19:13:40 UTC
- Depth
- 99.3 km (61.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.457° S, 68.924° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1135 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2487 days ago · 101 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.0153 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2485 days ago · 98 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2480 days ago · 95 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 8
- 4.0144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2480 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2474 days ago · 124 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2466 days ago · 139 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2465 days ago · 122 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.2145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2523 days ago · 108 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4148 km N of Calama, Chile · 2526 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5131 km N of Calama, Chile · 2530 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.197 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2530 days ago · 100 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2543 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600068s0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:45 PM UTC.