M4.6 earthquake 65 km NNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 65 km NNW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 15, 2020, 5:18 AM GMT-4 (09:18 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 99 km SSW of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-15 09:18:51 UTC
- Depth
- 64.3 km (40.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.714° S, 70.486° 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 IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 158°, dip 87°, rake 82°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 49°, dip 9°, rake 160°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.6 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 80
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.344 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 2351 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 9
- 3.643 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 2351 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 3.831 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2350 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
- 5.199 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 2340 days ago · 64 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 13
- 4.830 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 2328 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 53
- 3.755 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2323 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
- 4.178 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 2322 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 3.224 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2322 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.199 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2363 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
- 3.986 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 2364 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 4.39 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 2371 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 28
- 4.367 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 2388 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008wmb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:43 AM UTC.