M3.8 earthquake 50 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 50 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 4:19 PM GMT-4 (20:19 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-23 20:19:18 UTC
- Depth
- 35.4 km (22.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.259° S, 71.716° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.36
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 168°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.244 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2290 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 34
- 4.460 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2283 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 4.251 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2274 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3103 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2262 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 4.471 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2259 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 4.228 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2245 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.157 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2236 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000aheq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:31 AM UTC.