M4.4 earthquake 122 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 122 km E of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 5:26 AM GMT-3 (08:26 UTC), 101 km (63 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
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-18 08:26:46 UTC
- Depth
- 101.2 km (62.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.324° S, 68.981° 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 III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 210°, dip 45°, rake -12°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 308°, dip 82°, rake -135°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 71
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3156 km N of Calama, Chile · 2137 days ago · 151 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.398 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2136 days ago · 99 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 6.1115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2126 days ago · 105 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 104
- 4.6145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2123 days ago · 119 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5107 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2122 days ago · 114 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
- 4.3149 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2119 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3153 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2117 days ago · 123 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 4.481 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2098 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 14
- 4.8122 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2095 days ago · 101 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 12
- 2.626 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2093 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 4.3114 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2092 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1156 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2089 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000cpr5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC.