M5.2 earthquake 150 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 150 km E of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Jul 9, 2021, 1:05 AM GMT-4 (05:05 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-09 05:05:30 UTC
- Depth
- 107.5 km (66.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.322° S, 68.717° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 38
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.052 · 35 stations |
| 5.24 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.3 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
38 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.2 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 173°, dip 26°, rake -94°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 357°, dip 64°, rake -88°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.2 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 158
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1902 days ago · 110 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2103 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1891 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 4.4Tarapaca, Chile · 1889 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3141 km N of Calama, Chile · 1885 days ago · 134 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1877 days ago · 108 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.9136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1866 days ago · 103 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 9
- 4.1112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1865 days ago · 104 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.190 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1913 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 4.7147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1913 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1918 days ago · 92 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 11
- 4.0150 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1918 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1926 days ago · 96 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 11
- 4.5153 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1939 days ago · 118 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ethk (also filed as iscgem620783828). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.