M4.1 earthquake 50 km WSW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 50 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Mon, Sep 7, 2020, 1:39 AM GMT-3 (04:39 UTC), 62 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 36 km NNW of Viña del Mar, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-07 04:39:23 UTC
- Depth
- 61.6 km (38.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.822° S, 71.650° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 162°
- Stations used
- 38
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.360 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2207 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3114 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2201 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.259 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2188 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.436 km NNW of Viña del Mar, Chile · 2186 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 15
- 4.1Chile-Argentina border region · 2174 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0121 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2165 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bj61. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC.