M4.2 earthquake 3 km SE of Lampa, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 3 km SE of Lampa, Chile on Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 3:01 AM GMT-3 (06:01 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 24 km ESE of Puente Alto, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-09 06:01:59 UTC
- Depth
- 78.8 km (49.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 33.309° S, 70.843° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.6 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.351 km ESE of Los Andes, Chile · 2181 days ago · 117 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 3.215 km E of Puente Alto, Chile · 2153 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 4.624 km ESE of Puente Alto, Chile · 2141 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 15
- 4.19 km E of Quillota, Chile · 2127 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 10
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c6z1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC.