M4.6 earthquake 104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, May 3, 2020, 10:26 PM GMT-4 (02:26 UTC), 94 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 104 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
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-04 02:26:58 UTC
- Depth
- 93.7 km (58.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.514° S, 69.205° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 27
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
27 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
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 303°, dip 72°, rake -118°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 183°, dip 33°, rake -35°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.5 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 88
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7104 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2333 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 21
- 4.1Tarapaca, Chile · 2326 days ago · 103 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3152 km N of Calama, Chile · 2326 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.3102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2324 days ago · 92 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
- 3.224 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2322 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 4.190 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2321 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 4.0104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2320 days ago · 81 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 17
- 4.0114 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2311 days ago · 119 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.445 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2293 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.0129 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2349 days ago · 113 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.899 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2361 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 21
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 2366 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2369 days ago · 134 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2372 days ago · 109 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700099k4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:15 AM UTC.