M4.3 earthquake 102 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 102 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 11:00 PM GMT-4 (03:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 30 km W 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-20 03:00:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.560° S, 72.298° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 192°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.491 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2259 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2100 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2249 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.530 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2244 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1130 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 2217 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.380 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2216 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.285 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 2210 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000arew. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC.