M4.3 earthquake 114 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 114 km W of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Sep 22, 2020, 3:40 AM GMT-3 (06:40 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 36 km WSW of Illapel, 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
- 2020-09-22 06:40:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.6 km (6.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.801° S, 72.364° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 54
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.259 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2187 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0121 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2165 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.736 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2149 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000bzkj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC.