M4.1 earthquake Tarapaca, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in Tarapaca, Chile on Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 8:46 PM GMT-4 (00:46 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 106 km ESE 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-15 00:46:06 UTC
- Depth
- 94.7 km (58.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.116° S, 69.130° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.6 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2133 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 2655 days ago · 170 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2126 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2647 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.9138 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2612 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2608 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60004112. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC.