M4.0 earthquake 46 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 46 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 10:02 PM GMT-4 (02:02 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 35 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
- 4.0 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-05 02:02:51 UTC
- Depth
- 23.1 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.445° S, 71.647° 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 III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.0 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 161°, dip 46°, rake 65°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 14°, dip 49°, rake 114°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 52
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.424 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2300 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 3.983 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2287 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.535 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2283 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 4.177 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2252 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a6ae. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:37 AM UTC.