M4.5 earthquake 84 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 84 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Jan 8, 2020, 6:13 PM GMT-3 (21:13 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 102 km WSW 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
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-08 21:13:34 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.762° S, 72.184° 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
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 176°, dip 57°, rake 84°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 7°, dip 34°, rake 99°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.6 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 195°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 56
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
- 3.974 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2451 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.5102 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2439 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.875 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2438 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.136 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2426 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.666 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2423 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.358 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2414 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 7
- 4.493 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2401 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.185 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2465 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.042 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2466 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 10
- 4.342 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2468 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.37 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2480 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006wjx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:53 PM UTC.