M4.4 earthquake 119 km NW of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 119 km NW of Copiapó, Chile on Fri, Oct 16, 2020, 8:36 PM GMT-3 (23:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 55 km W of Copiapó, 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
- 2020-10-16 23:36:55 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 26.689° S, 71.270° 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 3.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- 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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.955 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 2175 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.365 km SW of Taltal, Chile · 2131 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c8vx. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.