M4.8 earthquake 75 km SW of Copiapó, Chile

Magnitude

4.8 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Tue, Sep 1, 2020, 12:44 AM GMT-4

UTC

2020-09-01 04:44:10 UTC

Depth

15.4 km (9.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

27.835° S, 70.890° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.9 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

122°

Stations used

37

• Copiapó, ChilePopulation 129,280. Forecast76 kmSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast626 kmN

After

1. 4.577 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 1:14 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
2. 4.687 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 1:19 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
3. 4.979 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 1:21 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
4. 4.888 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 1:26 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
5. 5.483 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 1:29 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
6. 4.587 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 1:37 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
7. 4.181 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 2:20 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
8. 4.571 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 2:21 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
9. 4.383 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 2:25 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
10. 4.783 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 2:28 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
11. 4.479 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 2:29 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
12. 5.888 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 3:01 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
13. 4.185 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 3:31 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
14. 4.495 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 4:28 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
15. 4.2100 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 5:55 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
16. 5.799 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 6:31 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
17. 4.491 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 7:29 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
18. 4.683 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 7:30 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
19. 4.499 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 7:45 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
20. 4.3117 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 9:51 AM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
21. 3.8116 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 10:01 AM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
22. 3.9111 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 10:23 AM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
23. 5.099 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 1:13 PM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
24. 6.594 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 5:09 PM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 44
25. 4.4101 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 7:32 PM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
26. 4.8102 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 11:04 PM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
27. 4.3108 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 12:46 AM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
28. 4.493 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 12:49 AM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
29. 4.489 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 5:38 AM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
30. 3.9107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 8:03 AM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
31. 4.778 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 9:38 AM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
32. 3.9123 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 10:38 AM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
33. 4.2117 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 12:21 PM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
34. 4.4107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 12:41 PM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
35. 4.699 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 11:23 PM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
36. 4.0124 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 11:36 AM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
37. 4.6112 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 2:41 PM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
38. 4.4124 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 6:49 PM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
39. 4.4110 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 9:13 PM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
40. 4.2115 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 10:57 PM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
41. 4.0106 km NW of Vallenar, ChileFri, Sep 4, 2:06 AM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
42. 4.8107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 5, 2:39 AM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
43. 4.0113 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 5, 1:37 PM GMT-4 · 2218 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
44. 4.4117 km W of Copiapó, ChileSat, Sep 5, 11:24 PM GMT-4 · 2218 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
45. 4.788 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 2218 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
46. 4.590 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 8:30 AM GMT-3 · 2218 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
47. 4.3103 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 2217 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
48. 4.4111 km NW of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 7, 11:20 PM GMT-3 · 2216 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
49. 4.6116 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 10, 5:39 PM GMT-3 · 2213 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
50. 4.583 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 12, 6:45 AM GMT-3 · 2212 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
51. 4.3106 km NW of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 14, 7:21 PM GMT-3 · 2209 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
52. 4.5101 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 15, 2:11 AM GMT-3 · 2209 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
53. 4.462 km WNW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 20, 5:11 PM GMT-3 · 2203 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
54. 4.955 km W of Copiapó, ChileSun, Oct 18, 1:54 PM GMT-3 · 2175 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1

Before

1. 5.180 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 12:36 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
2. 6.378 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 12:30 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
3. 5.179 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 12:20 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
4. 6.886 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 12:09 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
5. 4.5110 km WNW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Aug 27, 4:55 PM GMT-4 · 2227 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
6. 4.2100 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Aug 23, 10:16 AM GMT-4 · 2231 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bfki. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC.