M4.5 earthquake 30 km W of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 30 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Tue, Aug 11, 2020, 1:38 AM GMT-4 (05:38 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 40 km NW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-11 05:38:02 UTC
- Depth
- 39.1 km (24.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.979° S, 71.659° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.644 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2241 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
- 6.340 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2217 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 115
- 4.380 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2215 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.446 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2214 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.846 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2206 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 4.745 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2200 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.171 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000bch7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:46 AM UTC.