M4.4 earthquake 71 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 71 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 1:02 PM GMT-4 (17:02 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-26 17:02:49 UTC
- Depth
- 24.8 km (15.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.140° S, 71.898° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 32°, dip 22°, rake 128°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 173°, dip 73°, rake 76°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 178°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.228 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2245 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.157 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2236 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.150 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2216 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.360 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2207 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3114 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2201 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b4fn. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:30 AM UTC.