M4.2 earthquake 79 km W of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 79 km W of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Nov 15, 2020, 12:17 AM GMT-3 (03:17 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 88 km SSW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-15 03:17:32 UTC
- Depth
- 17.3 km (10.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.231° S, 70.907° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Iquique.
From the USGS event page for us7000cf59. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 177°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.893 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 2121 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 3.967 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 2119 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 11
- 1.818 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2111 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.388 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 2107 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.367 km W of Iquique, Chile · 2148 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
- 3.672 km W of Iquique, Chile · 2149 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 4.285 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 2155 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2161 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.481 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2168 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 5.388 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 2168 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 16
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cf59. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:39 PM UTC.