M4.3 earthquake 67 km SSE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 67 km SSE of Arica, Chile on Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 10:51 PM GMT-3 (01:51 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 99 km SSW 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
- 2020-03-19 01:51:28 UTC
- Depth
- 70.3 km (43.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.066° S, 70.125° 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, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.747 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2384 days ago · 72 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
- 4.340 km W of Arica, Chile · 2374 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.986 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 2365 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 4.199 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2364 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 4.665 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2362 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 23
- 4.258 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2352 days ago · 95 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.831 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2351 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
- 5.199 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 2340 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 13
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008by4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC.