M4.4 earthquake 62 km SE of Monte Patria, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 62 km SE of Monte Patria, Chile on Mon, Oct 26, 2020, 10:15 AM GMT-3 (13:15 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 42 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-26 13:15:10 UTC
- Depth
- 95.4 km (59.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 31.151° S, 70.566° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people 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 5.5 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.54
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.542 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2141 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 32
- 4.324 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2116 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.229 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2172 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.326 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2174 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1Chile-Argentina border region · 2174 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 4.047 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2176 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4San Juan, Argentina · 2181 days ago · 124 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000cda6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.