Chile earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 18 km SSW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 18 km SSW of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 1:39 AM GMT-4 (05:39 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 3 km SE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-06-19 05:39:16 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.375° S, 70.187° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Iquique.

From the USGS event page for us6000aep7. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
173°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.445 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2293 days ago · 85 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  2. 3.525 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2290 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
  3. 4.950 km W of Iquique, Chile · 2288 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 17
  4. 4.146 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 2278 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 12
  5. 4.013 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2269 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 21
  6. 3.217 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2269 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  7. 5.93 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2268 days ago · 74 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 170 · PAGER yellow
  8. 4.285 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 2267 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 15
  9. 4.510 km S of Iquique, Chile · 2266 days ago · 68 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 64
  10. 3.552 km S of Iquique, Chile · 2264 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 8
  11. 3.116 km W of Iquique, Chile · 2254 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 5
  12. 3.954 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 2252 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 12
  13. 3.614 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2239 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6

Before

  1. 3.224 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2322 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.178 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 2322 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  3. 3.755 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2323 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000aep7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:44 AM UTC.