M4.3 earthquake 65 km SW of Taltal, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 65 km SW of Taltal, Chile on Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 12:38 PM GMT-3 (15:38 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 69 km SW of Taltal, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-02 15:38:20 UTC
- Depth
- 20.4 km (12.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 25.863° S, 70.902° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 172°
- Stations used
- 38
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.365 km WSW of Taltal, Chile · 2118 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.569 km SW of Taltal, Chile · 2076 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cm4k. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC.