M4.8 earthquake 46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Sep 16, 2020, 10:33 PM GMT-3 (01:33 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-17 01:33:17 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.317° S, 71.575° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.037 · 69 stations |
| 5.01 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Did you feel it?
5 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
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 12°, dip 44°, rake 108°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 168°, dip 48°, rake 73°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 116
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.745 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2201 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 4.047 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2176 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.326 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2174 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 4.229 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2172 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2152 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.222 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2151 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 4.336 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2150 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bp82 (also filed as iscgem619061756). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.