M4.5 earthquake Tarapaca, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in Tarapaca, Chile on Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 10:29 AM GMT-3 (13:29 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-30 13:29:31 UTC
- Depth
- 106.0 km (65.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.470° S, 69.382° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.3 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3110 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2185 days ago · 124 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 3.892 km S of Arica, Chile · 2182 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1126 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2173 days ago · 136 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.181 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2172 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
- 4.179 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2168 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2164 days ago · 123 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.398 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2136 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c34x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:20 PM UTC.