M4.4 earthquake 93 km NW of Vallenar, Chile

Magnitude

4.4 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 12:49 AM GMT-4

UTC

2020-09-02 04:49:55 UTC

Depth

17.7 km (11.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

27.935° S, 71.385° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.6 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.27

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

191°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

26

• Vallenar, ChilePopulation 44,895. Forecast94 kmNW
• Copiapó, ChilePopulation 129,280. Forecast121 kmWSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast618 kmN

After

1. 4.489 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 5:38 AM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
2. 3.9107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 8:03 AM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
3. 4.778 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 9:38 AM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
4. 3.9123 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 10:38 AM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
5. 4.2117 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 12:21 PM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
6. 4.4107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 12:41 PM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
7. 4.699 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 11:23 PM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
8. 4.0124 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 11:36 AM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
9. 4.6112 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 2:41 PM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
10. 4.4124 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 6:49 PM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
11. 4.4110 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 9:13 PM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
12. 4.2115 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 10:57 PM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
13. 4.0106 km NW of Vallenar, ChileFri, Sep 4, 2:06 AM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
14. 4.8107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 5, 2:39 AM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
15. 4.0113 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 5, 1:37 PM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
16. 4.4117 km W of Copiapó, ChileSat, Sep 5, 11:24 PM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
17. 4.788 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 2218 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
18. 4.590 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 8:30 AM GMT-3 · 2218 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
19. 4.3103 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 2218 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
20. 4.4111 km NW of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 7, 11:20 PM GMT-3 · 2217 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
21. 4.6116 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 10, 5:39 PM GMT-3 · 2214 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
22. 4.583 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 12, 6:45 AM GMT-3 · 2212 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
23. 4.176 km W of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 14, 6:23 AM GMT-3 · 2210 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
24. 4.3106 km NW of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 14, 7:21 PM GMT-3 · 2210 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
25. 4.5101 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 15, 2:11 AM GMT-3 · 2209 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
26. 4.462 km WNW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 20, 5:11 PM GMT-3 · 2204 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
27. 4.955 km W of Copiapó, ChileSun, Oct 18, 1:54 PM GMT-3 · 2176 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1

Before

1. 4.3108 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 12:46 AM GMT-4 · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
2. 4.8102 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 11:04 PM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
3. 4.4101 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 7:32 PM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
4. 6.594 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 5:09 PM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 44
5. 5.099 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 1:13 PM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
6. 3.9111 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 10:23 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
7. 3.8116 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 10:01 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
8. 4.3117 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 9:51 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
9. 4.499 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 7:45 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
10. 4.683 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 7:30 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
11. 4.491 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 7:29 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
12. 5.799 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 6:31 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
13. 4.2100 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 5:55 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
14. 4.495 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 4:28 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
15. 4.185 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 3:31 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
16. 5.888 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 3:01 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
17. 4.479 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 2:29 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
18. 4.783 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 2:28 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
19. 4.383 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 2:25 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
20. 4.571 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 1, 2:21 AM GMT-4 · 2223 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bgbh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC.