Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 42 km NW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 42 km NW of La Ligua, Chile on Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 4:01 AM GMT-3 (07:01 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 16 km SW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-12-25 07:01:30 UTC
Depth
47.2 km (29.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.161° S, 71.522° 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 II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 312°, dip 33°, rake 93°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 128°, dip 57°, rake 88°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.6 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
66

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 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.490 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2104 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.443 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2096 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.638 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2086 days ago · 49 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2073 days ago · 57 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  5. 5.116 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2061 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 62
  6. 4.363 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2056 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.636 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2049 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 4.146 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2112 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 3.91 km S of Limache, Chile · 2116 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.540 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2118 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.341 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2118 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.050 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2119 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 4.555 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2122 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  7. 4.164 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2125 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  8. 5.050 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2126 days ago · 44 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 33
  9. 4.19 km E of Quillota, Chile · 2126 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 10
  10. 4.122 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2138 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d2v5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:40 AM UTC.