M4.3 earthquake 122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 1:11 AM GMT-3 (04:11 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 115 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-09 04:11:45 UTC
- Depth
- 98.5 km (61.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.743° S, 69.124° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 9
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2182 days ago · 108 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2177 days ago · 111 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.1130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2163 days ago · 105 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 4.8117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2148 days ago · 85 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 23
- 4.3134 km N of Calama, Chile · 2147 days ago · 128 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4122 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2144 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 4.4135 km N of Calama, Chile · 2142 days ago · 125 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3156 km N of Calama, Chile · 2137 days ago · 151 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.398 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2136 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2129 days ago · 116 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2115 km N of Calama, Chile · 2127 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away
- 6.1115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2126 days ago · 105 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 104
Before
- 4.1144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2202 days ago · 105 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.9161 km N of Calama, Chile · 2204 days ago · 124 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 6
- 4.2127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2210 days ago · 120 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
- 4.6136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2212 days ago · 124 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c6y9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:25 PM UTC.