M4.3 earthquake 44 km WSW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 44 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Sun, Apr 5, 2020, 10:18 AM GMT-4 (14:18 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 48 km WNW 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
- 2020-04-05 14:18:29 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.757° S, 71.614° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 40
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.243 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2370 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 8
- 4.648 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2369 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 4.365 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2368 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 3.860 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2352 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.321 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2349 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2319 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008p9f. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:23 PM UTC.