M4.0 earthquake 129 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 129 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 6:43 PM GMT-4 (22:43 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 104 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
- 2020-04-26 22:43:07 UTC
- Depth
- 113.5 km (70.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.422° S, 68.929° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 38
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2342 days ago · 94 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 27
- 4.1154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2339 days ago · 145 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.7104 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2333 days ago · 104 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 21
- 4.1Tarapaca, Chile · 2326 days ago · 103 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3152 km N of Calama, Chile · 2326 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.3102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2324 days ago · 92 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 4.0104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2320 days ago · 81 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 17
- 4.0114 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2311 days ago · 119 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.445 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2293 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.899 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2361 days ago · 95 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 21
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 2366 days ago · 114 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2369 days ago · 134 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2372 days ago · 109 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.6108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2374 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60009cyc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.