M4.5 earthquake 106 km SE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 106 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 6:41 PM GMT-3 (21:41 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 96 km ENE 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
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-18 21:41:39 UTC
- Depth
- 86.1 km (53.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.768° S, 69.320° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 23
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
23 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 205°, dip 55°, rake -49°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 328°, dip 52°, rake -133°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.3 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 63
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.291 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2405 days ago · 90 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
- 4.592 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 2401 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 15
- 5.296 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2394 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 49
- 4.1108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2392 days ago · 111 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6
- 4.3131 km N of Calama, Chile · 2392 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.095 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2390 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
- 4.4103 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 2377 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2374 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2372 days ago · 109 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2369 days ago · 134 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 2366 days ago · 114 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.899 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2361 days ago · 95 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 21
Before
- 4.1136 km N of Calama, Chile · 2423 days ago · 97 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2424 days ago · 122 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.264 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 2428 days ago · 108 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 19
- 4.4147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2438 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2447 days ago · 153 km deep · 91 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007snb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:17 AM UTC.