M4.4 earthquake 103 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 103 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile on Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 7:01 AM GMT-3 (10:01 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 100 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-30 10:01:08 UTC
- Depth
- 29.9 km (18.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.431° S, 69.496° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2370 days ago · 134 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 2367 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2351 days ago · 123 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2343 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5100 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 2336 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 10
- 4.3152 km N of Calama, Chile · 2326 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008il7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:04 AM UTC.