Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 7:36 PM GMT-4 (23:36 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 150 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-06-24 23:36:37 UTC
Depth
96.0 km (59.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.006° S, 69.042° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
11
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

11 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.0 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
47°
Stations used
190

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1917 days ago · 92 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 11
  2. 4.190 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1913 days ago · 101 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  3. 5.2150 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1912 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 38
  4. 4.3132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1902 days ago · 110 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.242 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1896 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.2103 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1891 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
  7. 4.4Tarapaca, Chile · 1889 days ago · 109 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.141 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1876 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
  9. 4.182 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1871 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  10. 4.9136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1866 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 9

Before

  1. 4.5153 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1939 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.1139 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1939 days ago · 112 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.1102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1955 days ago · 97 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000epiz. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:06 PM UTC.