M4.6 earthquake 95 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 95 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 2:04 PM GMT-3 (17:04 UTC), 7 km (4 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
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-11 17:04:25 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.297° S, 72.245° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 15°, dip 37°, rake 106°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 176°, dip 54°, rake 78°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.5 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.381 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2390 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.765 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2383 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 4.061 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2372 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
- 4.458 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2370 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 4.248 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2369 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.648 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2360 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2353 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.220 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2345 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.644 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2340 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2396 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.399 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2397 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.493 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2400 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.358 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2413 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 7
- 4.136 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008drk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC.