M5.2 earthquake 96 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 96 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 11:08 PM GMT-3 (02:08 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-13 02:08:02 UTC
- Depth
- 102.7 km (63.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.931° S, 69.274° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 49
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.05 · 39 stations |
| 5.23 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.2 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
49 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 5.2 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 255°, dip 59°, rake -159°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 154°, dip 72°, rake -33°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.6 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 154
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2392 days ago · 111 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
- 4.095 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2390 days ago · 93 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
- 4.2130 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2381 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2374 days ago · 100 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2372 days ago · 109 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.39 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 2371 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 28
- 4.899 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2361 days ago · 95 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 21
- 3.831 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2350 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
- 4.0129 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2349 days ago · 113 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2342 days ago · 94 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 27
- 4.6151 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2337 days ago · 121 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008eru (also filed as iscgem617775075). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:53 AM UTC.