M5.2 earthquake 152 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 152 km E of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Jan 8, 2020, 5:47 AM GMT-3 (08:47 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-08 08:47:44 UTC
- Depth
- 102.0 km (63.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.430° S, 68.711° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 31
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.05 · 38 stations |
| 5.27 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Did you feel it?
31 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong 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
- 5.2 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 233°, dip 32°, rake -30°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 349°, dip 75°, rake -119°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.0 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 100
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2453 days ago · 114 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2453 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 18
- 4.1159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2450 days ago · 153 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2441 days ago · 120 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 5.264 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 2431 days ago · 108 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 19
- 4.1154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2427 days ago · 122 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2130 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 2421 days ago · 151 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5106 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2420 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 23
- 4.4156 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2409 days ago · 123 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.291 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2407 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
Before
- 4.1168 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 2462 days ago · 153 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2468 days ago · 122 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2468 days ago · 139 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2476 days ago · 124 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2482 days ago · 104 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2482 days ago · 95 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 8
- 4.0153 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2487 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1135 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2489 days ago · 101 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006w93 (also filed as iscgem617126415). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:29 PM UTC.