M4.3 earthquake 110 km SE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 110 km SE of Arica, Chile on Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 12:24 AM GMT-3 (03:24 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 46 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-08 03:24:32 UTC
- Depth
- 124.1 km (77.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.074° S, 69.457° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 2.4 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.892 km S of Arica, Chile · 2182 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1126 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2173 days ago · 136 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.181 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2172 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
- 4.179 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2168 days ago · 119 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2164 days ago · 123 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.646 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2161 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.251 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2159 days ago · 134 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c6m4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:25 PM UTC.