M4.0 earthquake 67 km ESE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 67 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 4:35 AM GMT-3 (07:35 UTC), 120 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 96 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-20 07:35:08 UTC
- Depth
- 119.8 km (74.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.718° S, 69.715° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 16
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.821 km SE of Palca, Peru · 544 days ago · 135 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.228 km W of Cuya, Chile · 532 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.313 km NE of Cuya, Chile · 525 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.096 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 510 days ago · 138 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pzy1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:43 AM UTC.