Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 117 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 117 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 11:29 AM GMT-3 (14:29 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 115 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-11-14 14:29:19 UTC
Depth
85.3 km (53.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.398° S, 69.040° 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.

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
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
4.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 310°, dip 77°, rake -132°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 207°, dip 44°, rake -19°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.3 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
55

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3134 km N of Calama, Chile · 2148 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.4122 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2145 days ago · 101 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 6
  3. 4.4135 km N of Calama, Chile · 2142 days ago · 125 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.3156 km N of Calama, Chile · 2137 days ago · 151 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.398 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2136 days ago · 99 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.6132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2130 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 6.1115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2126 days ago · 105 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 104
  8. 4.6145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2124 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.5107 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2122 days ago · 114 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 6
  10. 4.3149 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2119 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 4.3153 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2117 days ago · 123 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  12. 4.0134 km N of Calama, Chile · 2104 days ago · 132 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 4.481 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2098 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 14
  14. 4.8122 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2095 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 12
  15. 2.626 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2094 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  16. 4.3114 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2092 days ago · 96 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.1156 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2090 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 4.1130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2164 days ago · 105 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.1110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2164 days ago · 123 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2178 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ceym. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:15 AM UTC.