M4.2 earthquake 72 km NW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 72 km NW of La Ligua, Chile on Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 3:06 AM GMT-4 (07:06 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 44 km NW 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
- 2020-06-10 07:06:43 UTC
- Depth
- 47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.066° S, 71.857° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 190°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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
- 3.850 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2291 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.244 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2290 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 34
- 4.460 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2283 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 4.251 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2274 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3103 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2262 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 4.471 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2258 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a964. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC.