M4.4 earthquake 91 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 91 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 12:07 PM GMT-4 (16:07 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 30 km W of Coquimbo, 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
- 2020-07-26 16:07:46 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.368° S, 72.003° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 149°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2100 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2248 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.530 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2243 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1130 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 2216 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.380 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2215 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.285 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 2210 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.176 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2209 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b4h1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:12 AM UTC.