M4.1 earthquake 158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 2:48 PM GMT-4 (18:48 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 161 km N of Calama, 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-24 18:48:58 UTC
- Depth
- 107.6 km (66.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.931° S, 68.836° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 37
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2255 days ago · 118 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3128 km N of Calama, Chile · 2252 days ago · 138 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2251 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 15
- 4.1149 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2247 days ago · 156 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.395 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2213 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2213 days ago · 124 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2210 days ago · 120 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 4.9161 km N of Calama, Chile · 2204 days ago · 124 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2202 days ago · 105 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 4.1102 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2261 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3119 km N of Calama, Chile · 2264 days ago · 103 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2265 days ago · 132 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.0167 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2272 days ago · 122 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2148 km N of Calama, Chile · 2272 days ago · 117 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.1117 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2275 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b4i5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC.