Chile earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 16 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 16 km W of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Oct 5, 2020, 4:28 PM GMT-3 (19:28 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 88 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-10-05 19:28:20 UTC
Depth
32.1 km (19.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.211° S, 70.311° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
6
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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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 4.6 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
177°
Stations used
22

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 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.763 km S of Iquique, Chile · 2187 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.181 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2173 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
  3. 5.388 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2168 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 16
  4. 4.481 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2168 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2161 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.285 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 2155 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
  7. 3.672 km W of Iquique, Chile · 2149 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.367 km W of Iquique, Chile · 2148 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  9. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 2148 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 3.320 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2199 days ago · 83 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  2. 3.925 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 2204 days ago · 66 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c5tp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC.