Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 117 km SE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 117 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Jul 10, 2020, 6:27 AM GMT-4 (10:27 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-07-10 10:27:37 UTC
Depth
59.7 km (37.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.974° S, 69.366° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 72°, dip 86°, rake -168°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 341°, dip 78°, rake -4°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.6 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
105°
Stations used
38

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 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2148 km N of Calama, Chile · 2274 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.0167 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2274 days ago · 122 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.1144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2267 days ago · 132 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.552 km S of Iquique, Chile · 2267 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 8
  5. 4.3119 km N of Calama, Chile · 2266 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.1102 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2263 days ago · 114 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.1158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2263 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 4.1144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2257 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 4.3128 km N of Calama, Chile · 2254 days ago · 138 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.5136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2253 days ago · 98 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 15
  11. 4.1149 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2249 days ago · 156 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 3.753 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2233 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 12

Before

  1. 3.445 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2295 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000albj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC.