M4.4 earthquake 100 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 100 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile on Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 5:10 AM GMT-3 (08:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2020-01-06 08:10:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.022° S, 71.266° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006v6s. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC.