M4.3 earthquake 132 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 132 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 9:46 AM GMT-4 (13:46 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 136 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-18 13:46:39 UTC
- Depth
- 109.7 km (68.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.429° S, 68.901° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.7 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2103 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1891 days ago · 101 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 4.4Tarapaca, Chile · 1889 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3141 km N of Calama, Chile · 1885 days ago · 134 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1877 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.9136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1866 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 9
- 4.1112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1866 days ago · 104 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
- 4.193 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1849 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3160 km N of Calama, Chile · 1846 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5139 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1843 days ago · 118 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 5.2150 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1912 days ago · 108 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 38
- 4.190 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1913 days ago · 101 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 4.7147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1913 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1918 days ago · 92 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 11
- 4.0150 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1918 days ago · 107 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0138 km N of Calama, Chile · 1921 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1926 days ago · 96 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 11
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000en67. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:09 AM UTC.