M4.1 earthquake 141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Feb 8, 2023, 8:04 PM GMT-3 (23:04 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 161 km N of Calama, 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
- 2023-02-08 23:04:49 UTC
- Depth
- 104.3 km (64.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.710° S, 68.903° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Tarapaca, Chile · 1331 days ago · 107 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4120 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1330 days ago · 148 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.461 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1326 days ago · 117 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.287 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1319 days ago · 106 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.5Chile-Bolivia border region · 1314 days ago · 123 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 4.066 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1311 days ago · 114 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 4.169 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1310 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.049 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 1304 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 4.420 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1304 days ago · 126 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.4161 km N of Calama, Chile · 1288 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 14
- 4.151 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 1275 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.2113 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1334 days ago · 131 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 1335 days ago · 95 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3137 km N of Calama, Chile · 1343 days ago · 116 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1348 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1155 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1351 days ago · 149 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.579 km SSW of Colchane, Chile · 1352 days ago · 124 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1361 days ago · 151 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jmlp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:09 PM UTC.