M4.4 earthquake 41 km ESE of Los Andes, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 41 km ESE of Los Andes, Chile on Fri, Nov 20, 2015, 9:12 PM GMT-3 (00:12 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 13 km S of Los Andes, 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
- 2015-11-21 00:12:34 UTC
- Depth
- 107.3 km (66.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 32.963° S, 70.184° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Quillota, Valparaiso and Zapallar; (II) at Tiltil and Villa Alemana. Also felt at Santiago.
From the USGS event page for us100040al. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.7 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 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 us100040al. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:24 AM UTC.