M4.2 earthquake 91 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 91 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 12:04 PM GMT-3 (15:04 UTC), 90 km (56 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
- 4.2 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-02 15:04:00 UTC
- Depth
- 90.2 km (56.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.416° S, 69.300° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.9 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.296 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2394 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 49
- 4.1108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2392 days ago · 111 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 6
- 4.095 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2390 days ago · 93 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 7
- 4.6108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2374 days ago · 100 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2372 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.39 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 2371 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 28
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 2366 days ago · 114 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.899 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2361 days ago · 95 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 21
- 4.0129 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2349 days ago · 113 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 4.5106 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2417 days ago · 86 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 23
- 4.1136 km N of Calama, Chile · 2423 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2425 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.264 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 2428 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 19
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600087x2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.