M5.0 earthquake 50 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 50 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile on Tue, Dec 8, 2020, 4:07 AM GMT-3 (07:07 UTC), 44 km (28 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-08 07:07:20 UTC
- Depth
- 44.3 km (27.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.062° S, 71.507° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 33
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.062 · 25 stations |
| 5.05 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 4.9 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
33 people 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
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.9 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 24°, dip 60°, rake 106°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 175°, dip 33°, rake 65°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.9 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- Stations used
- 122
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.164 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2123 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 4.555 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2120 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 4.050 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2117 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.540 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2116 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.146 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2110 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.442 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2107 days ago · 47 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 4.490 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2102 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.443 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2094 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.638 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2084 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2072 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.19 km E of Quillota, Chile · 2125 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 10
- 4.122 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2136 days ago · 44 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.356 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2140 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 4.223 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2146 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
- 4.736 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2149 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cp39 (also filed as iscgem619580150). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.