M4.2 earthquake 51 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 51 km W of Illapel, Chile on Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 2:12 AM GMT-4 (06:12 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 71 km WNW of La Ligua, 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
- 2020-07-11 06:12:34 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.681° S, 71.708° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 178°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3103 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.471 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.157 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2237 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.150 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2217 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000alu1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:48 AM UTC.