M4.1 earthquake 80 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 80 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 3:00 PM GMT-3 (18:00 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 65 km NNW 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-02 18:00:32 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.037° S, 70.900° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.4 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 211°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.39 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 2372 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 28
- 4.665 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2362 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 23
- 4.344 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 2352 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 9
- 3.643 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 2352 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 3.831 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2351 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008802. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC.