M4.3 earthquake 80 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 80 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 6:35 AM GMT-3 (09:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 64 km N 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-08 09:35:13 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.411° S, 71.894° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 26
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.285 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 2210 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.176 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2209 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.171 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.559 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 2186 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 5.864 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2165 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 43
- 4.164 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2165 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bjly. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.