M4.2 earthquake 51 km ESE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 51 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Tue, Nov 3, 2020, 4:26 PM GMT-3 (19:26 UTC), 134 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 114 km SE 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
- 2020-11-03 19:26:39 UTC
- Depth
- 134.2 km (83.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.653° S, 69.846° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.532 km SE of Tacna, Peru · 2145 days ago · 131 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 3.987 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 2128 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 4.128 km SE of Calana, Peru · 2127 days ago · 124 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.486 km S of Arica, Chile · 2123 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 13
- 5.1114 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2108 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 27
Before
- 4.646 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2164 days ago · 86 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.179 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2171 days ago · 119 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.181 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2175 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1126 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2175 days ago · 136 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.892 km S of Arica, Chile · 2185 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3110 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2188 days ago · 124 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000c9xs. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:40 AM UTC.