M4.1 earthquake 121 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 121 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 6:40 AM GMT-3 (09:40 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 116 km E of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-09 09:40:27 UTC
- Depth
- 94.7 km (58.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.341° S, 69.443° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.392 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2515 days ago · 136 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.9116 km E of Arica, Chile · 2474 days ago · 135 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 4.3117 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2530 days ago · 111 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 4.197 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2531 days ago · 100 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5112 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2531 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6113 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2531 days ago · 100 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.6118 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2535 days ago · 146 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600069nl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:37 AM UTC.