M4.4 earthquake 93 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 93 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Mar 6, 2020, 4:04 PM GMT-3 (19:04 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 65 km W of Ovalle, 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
- 2020-03-06 19:04:06 UTC
- Depth
- 16.6 km (10.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.328° S, 72.206° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.399 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2397 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2396 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.695 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2395 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.381 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2390 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.765 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2383 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 4.061 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2372 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
- 4.458 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2370 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 4.248 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2369 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.648 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2360 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2353 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.220 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2344 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008bak. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:59 AM UTC.