M4.4 earthquake 90 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 90 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 9:03 AM GMT-3 (12:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 16 km SW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-30 12:03:16 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.015° S, 72.039° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 149°
- Stations used
- 41
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 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.443 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2094 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.638 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2084 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2072 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 5.116 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2060 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 62
- 4.363 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2054 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.636 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2047 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.442 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2107 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5102 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2108 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 4.146 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2110 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.540 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2116 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.341 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2116 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.050 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2117 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.555 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2120 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
- 4.164 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2123 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 5.050 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2124 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 33
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d4bj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.