M4.2 earthquake 63 km SSW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 63 km SSW of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 2:37 PM GMT-3 (17:37 UTC), 39 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 75 km SSE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-13 17:37:27 UTC
- Depth
- 39.4 km (24.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.738° S, 70.402° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.0 km horizontally, 15.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 174°
- Stations used
- 18
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.475 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 1340 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 8
- 4.0108 km SW of La Tirana, Chile · 1315 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2108 km SW of La Tirana, Chile · 1315 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.049 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 1306 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j488. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:45 AM UTC.