M4.0 earthquake 95 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 95 km E of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 9:39 PM GMT-3 (00:39 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 99 km E 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-17 00:39:25 UTC
- Depth
- 93.4 km (58.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.191° S, 69.238° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 7
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.1 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 57
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
- 4.2130 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2381 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2374 days ago · 100 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2372 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.39 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 2371 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 28
- 4.899 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2362 days ago · 95 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 21
- 3.831 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2350 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
- 4.0129 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2350 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2342 days ago · 94 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 27
- 4.7104 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2334 days ago · 104 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 21
Before
- 4.1108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2392 days ago · 111 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 6
- 5.296 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2395 days ago · 103 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 49
- 4.291 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2405 days ago · 90 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 6
- 4.5106 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2418 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 23
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008gwe. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC.