M4.2 earthquake 58 km ESE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 58 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 11:29 PM GMT-4 (03:29 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 151 km ESE of Arica, 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
- 2020-04-25 03:29:22 UTC
- Depth
- 94.6 km (58.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.642° S, 69.777° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 36
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6151 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2338 days ago · 121 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2137 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2329 days ago · 121 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.0113 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2323 days ago · 126 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.695 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2319 days ago · 141 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.261 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 2353 days ago · 143 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.199 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2365 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
- 3.986 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 2366 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 5.058 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2368 days ago · 142 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.340 km W of Arica, Chile · 2376 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.323 km ESE of Calana, Peru · 2377 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60009c0l. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC.