Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 153 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 153 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 5:49 AM GMT-3 (08:49 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 152 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-12-13 08:49:34 UTC
Depth
98.5 km (61.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.940° S, 68.901° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
95°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2480 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 8
  2. 4.0144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2479 days ago · 104 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2474 days ago · 124 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.3162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2465 days ago · 139 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.1141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2465 days ago · 122 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.1168 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 2459 days ago · 153 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 5.2152 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2459 days ago · 102 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 31
  8. 4.595 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2458 days ago · 118 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.2147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2451 days ago · 114 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.1159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2447 days ago · 153 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 4.4147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2438 days ago · 120 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  12. 5.264 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 2428 days ago · 108 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 19

Before

  1. 4.1135 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2486 days ago · 101 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.8122 km N of Calama, Chile · 2499 days ago · 115 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.387 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2502 days ago · 137 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006qyn. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:48 AM UTC.