M4.2 earthquake 22 km W of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 22 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Nov 11, 2020, 5:36 PM GMT-3 (20:36 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 31 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-11 20:36:12 UTC
- Depth
- 38.3 km (23.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.982° S, 71.566° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.3 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.336 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2150 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.913 km ENE of La Serena, Chile · 2144 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 4.294 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2141 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 4.458 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2140 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.324 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2116 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.254 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2105 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 4.531 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2098 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.230 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2094 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.034 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2094 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.164 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2165 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.864 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2165 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 43
- 4.229 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2172 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.326 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2173 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cdip. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC.