M4.3 earthquake 65 km WSW of Taltal, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 65 km WSW of Taltal, Chile on Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 4:43 AM GMT-3 (07:43 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 63 km WNW 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
- 2020-12-15 07:43:23 UTC
- Depth
- 14.7 km (9.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 25.662° S, 71.075° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.569 km SW of Taltal, Chile · 2076 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.238 km W of Taltal, Chile · 2068 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.663 km WNW of Taltal, Chile · 2059 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cr79. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:53 PM UTC.