M4.4 earthquake 58 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 58 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Apr 5, 2020, 9:54 PM GMT-4 (01:54 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 32 km NNW of La Serena, 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-06 01:54:37 UTC
- Depth
- 44.6 km (27.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.542° S, 71.724° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 173°, dip 85°, rake 137°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 268°, dip 48°, rake 6°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.4 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2353 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.932 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2340 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 15
- 4.581 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 2316 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.8102 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 2373 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 4.381 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2390 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.695 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2395 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2396 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008pmv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC.