M4.3 earthquake 51 km ESE of Los Andes, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 51 km ESE of Los Andes, Chile on Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 5:16 PM GMT-3 (20:16 UTC), 117 km (73 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-14 20:16:09 UTC
- Depth
- 116.9 km (72.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 33.023° S, 70.100° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.9 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.215 km E of Puente Alto, Chile · 2153 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 4.624 km ESE of Puente Alto, Chile · 2141 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 15
- 4.19 km E of Quillota, Chile · 2127 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 10
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c8br. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.