M3.9 earthquake 83 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 83 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 4:07 PM GMT-4 (20:07 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 44 km SW 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
- 3.9 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-27 20:07:12 UTC
- Depth
- 11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.174° S, 72.171° 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
- 3.9 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 19°, dip 39°, rake 114°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 169°, dip 55°, rake 72°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.9 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 194°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 42
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.535 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2283 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3102 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2265 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.491 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2259 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.177 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2252 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2100 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2248 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.530 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2243 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.644 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2241 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ad74. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:00 AM UTC.