M4.5 earthquake 126 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 126 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 5:35 AM GMT-3 (08:35 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 96 km ENE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-20 08:35:30 UTC
- Depth
- 113.3 km (70.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.386° S, 69.315° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 48
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4113 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2411 days ago · 119 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.296 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2395 days ago · 103 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 49
- 4.095 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2391 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
- 4.367 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 2389 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.5131 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2451 days ago · 121 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2451 days ago · 100 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 18
- 4.263 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2459 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 13
- 4.9116 km E of Arica, Chile · 2474 days ago · 135 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007b8l. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:16 AM UTC.