Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Feb 20, 2010, 9:07 AM GMT-3 (12:07 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 142 km ENE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2010-02-20 12:07:29 UTC
Depth
107.9 km (67.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.638° S, 69.010° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000h7gp. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
151°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1135 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6066 days ago · 181 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 4.6125 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6049 days ago · 108 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.4133 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6048 days ago · 123 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.9110 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 6046 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.3163 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6041 days ago · 114 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.6121 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6037 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 4.6152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6028 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 5.8142 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6026 days ago · 94 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.8118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6025 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
  10. 4.9152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6016 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 4.4139 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6016 days ago · 127 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 4.692 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6015 days ago · 101 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 10

Before

  1. 4.7116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6074 days ago · 100 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.1132 km N of Calama, Chile · 6083 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000h7gp. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:02 AM UTC.