M4.3 earthquake 145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Oct 11, 2020, 9:29 PM GMT-3 (00:29 UTC), 108 km (67 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
- 2020-10-12 00:29:46 UTC
- Depth
- 108.3 km (67.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.913° S, 68.969° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2178 days ago · 111 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.1130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2164 days ago · 105 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 4.598 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2160 days ago · 140 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.8117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2148 days ago · 85 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 23
- 4.3134 km N of Calama, Chile · 2147 days ago · 128 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4122 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2145 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
- 4.4135 km N of Calama, Chile · 2142 days ago · 125 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3156 km N of Calama, Chile · 2137 days ago · 151 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.398 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2136 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2104 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2133 days ago · 138 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2132 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2130 days ago · 116 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2115 km N of Calama, Chile · 2127 days ago · 118 km deep · 59 km away
- 6.1115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2126 days ago · 105 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 104
- 4.6145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2123 days ago · 119 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5107 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2122 days ago · 114 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
Before
- 4.3122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2185 days ago · 98 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 9
- 4.1144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2202 days ago · 105 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.9161 km N of Calama, Chile · 2205 days ago · 124 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
- 4.2127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2211 days ago · 120 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c7m5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:07 PM UTC.