M4.7 earthquake 113 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 113 km E of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 5:11 AM GMT-3 (08:11 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 152 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
- 4.7 (Mww, W-phase moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-18 08:11:04 UTC
- Depth
- 95.5 km (59.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.240° S, 69.067° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 8
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.7 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 259°, dip 9°, rake 11°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 158°, dip 88°, rake 99°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.1 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 91
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2465 days ago · 122 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.2152 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2459 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 31
- 4.5114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2451 days ago · 100 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 18
- 4.5126 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2447 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2438 days ago · 120 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 5.264 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 2428 days ago · 108 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 19
- 4.1154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2425 days ago · 122 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006t3a. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:29 AM UTC.