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M4.4 earthquake 117 km W of Copiapó, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 117 km W of Copiapó, Chile on Sat, Sep 5, 2020, 11:24 PM GMT-4 (03:24 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 55 km W of Copiapó, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-09-06 03:24:12 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
27.271° S, 71.510° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
187°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
38

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.788 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2217 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.590 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2217 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.3103 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2216 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.4111 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2215 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.6116 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2213 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.583 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2211 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.3106 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2209 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.5101 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2208 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.4119 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 2177 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 4.955 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 2175 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.0113 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2218 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.8107 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2218 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.0106 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2219 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.2115 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.4110 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.4124 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2220 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 4.6112 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.0124 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.699 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.4107 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 4.2117 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 3.9123 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.778 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 3.9107 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 4.489 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 4.493 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 4.3108 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 4.8102 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  19. 4.4101 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 6.594 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 44

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