M4.8 earthquake 42 km NNE of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 42 km NNE of La Serena, Chile on Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 10:37 PM GMT-3 (01:37 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-27 01:37:00 UTC
- Depth
- 75.1 km (46.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 29.529° S, 71.155° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 16
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
16 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
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 142°, dip 77°, rake -54°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 248°, dip 38°, rake -159°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.7 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 114
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.381 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2390 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8102 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 2373 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 4.458 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2370 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2353 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000851q. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC.