Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 36 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 36 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 8:26 PM GMT-3 (23:26 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 42 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-11-13 23:26:59 UTC
Depth
47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.756° S, 71.529° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.4 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
62°
Stations used
123

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.223 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2146 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  2. 5.542 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2141 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 32
  3. 4.356 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2140 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.122 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2136 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  5. 5.050 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2124 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 33
  6. 4.164 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2123 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  7. 4.555 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2120 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.146 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2110 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.5102 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2108 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.442 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2107 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.490 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2102 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 4.443 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2094 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 4.0121 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2165 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.1Chile-Argentina border region · 2174 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.047 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2176 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cer3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC.