M4.3 earthquake 46 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 46 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile on Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 7:32 AM GMT-3 (10:32 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-05 10:32:01 UTC
- Depth
- 69.2 km (43.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.442° S, 70.451° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cnef. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC.