M3.8 earthquake 60 km SW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 60 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 6:58 PM GMT-4 (22:58 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 44 km W 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
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-23 22:58:46 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.054° S, 71.554° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.36
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.321 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2349 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.220 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2344 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.644 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2340 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2319 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.046 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2310 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2353 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.648 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2360 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 4.365 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2368 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.648 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2369 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 4.248 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2369 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.243 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2370 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 8
- 4.344 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2370 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 4.061 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2372 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60009b2c. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.