M4.7 earthquake 45 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 45 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, Sep 22, 2020, 5:13 PM GMT-3 (20:13 UTC), 31 km (19 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-22 20:13:19 UTC
- Depth
- 31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.696° S, 71.666° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 145°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.047 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2176 days ago · 53 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.326 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2174 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 4.229 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2172 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2152 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.222 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2151 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 4.336 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2150 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.542 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2142 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 32
Before
- 4.846 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2207 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
- 4.360 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2208 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 4.446 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2215 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 6.340 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2218 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 115
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000bzsb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC.