M5.2 earthquake 44 km NW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 44 km NW of La Ligua, Chile on Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 7:55 AM GMT-4 (11:55 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-25 11:55:04 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.226° S, 71.619° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 34
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.073 · 18 stations |
| 5.18 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.0 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
34 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
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
- 5.2 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 22°, dip 44°, rake 110°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 175°, dip 50°, rake 72°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 132
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.460 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2283 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 4.251 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2274 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3103 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2262 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.471 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2259 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.228 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2244 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.157 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2236 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ab22 (also filed as iscgem618590068). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.