Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 26 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 26 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 10:09 PM GMT-3 (01:09 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 42 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-10-20 01:09:17 UTC
Depth
40.0 km (24.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.733° S, 71.435° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.7 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
103°
Stations used
61

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.229 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2174 days ago · 39 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 4.462 km SE of Monte Patria, Chile · 2169 days ago · 95 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2154 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.222 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2153 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.336 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2152 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 5.542 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2144 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 32
  7. 4.458 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2142 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.324 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2118 days ago · 54 km deep · 4 km away

Before

  1. 4.047 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2178 days ago · 53 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.745 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2203 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c9rg. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC.