M4.6 earthquake 151 km ESE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 151 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Sat, May 9, 2020, 5:42 PM GMT-4 (21:42 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-09 21:42:56 UTC
- Depth
- 120.9 km (75.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.156° S, 69.049° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 86
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2137 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2328 days ago · 121 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.178 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 2323 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 4.0113 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2323 days ago · 126 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.190 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2322 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
- 4.695 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2318 days ago · 141 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.286 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2288 days ago · 116 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.286 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2282 days ago · 116 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3105 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2279 days ago · 125 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009di0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC.