M4.6 earthquake 44 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 44 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 4:54 PM GMT-4 (20:54 UTC), 62 km (38 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-12 20:54:35 UTC
- Depth
- 61.8 km (38.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.268° S, 71.620° 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, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.340 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2217 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 115
- 4.380 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2215 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.446 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2215 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.846 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2206 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 5
- 4.745 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2201 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000bdm3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:24 AM UTC.