M4.3 earthquake 33 km WSW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 33 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 2:09 AM GMT-3 (05:09 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 50 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-28 05:09:55 UTC
- Depth
- 44.9 km (27.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.752° S, 71.500° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.850 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2408 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
- 4.355 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2399 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2378 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007hxy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:43 AM UTC.