Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 107 km NW of Vallenar, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 107 km NW of Vallenar, Chile on Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 12:41 PM GMT-4 (16:41 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 55 km W of Copiapó, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-09-02 16:41:04 UTC
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
27.907° S, 71.556° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 172°, dip 65°, rake 80°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 15°, dip 27°, rake 111°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
114°
Stations used
78

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.699 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.0124 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.6112 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.4124 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2220 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.4110 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 4.2115 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.0106 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2219 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 4.8107 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2218 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 4.0113 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2218 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 4.4117 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 2217 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 4.788 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2217 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 4.590 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2217 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.3103 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2216 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 4.4111 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2215 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 4.6116 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2213 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.583 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2211 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 4.176 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2209 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 4.3106 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2209 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 4.5101 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2208 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 4.462 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2203 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 4.955 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 2175 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.2117 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 3.9123 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.778 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 3.9107 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 4.489 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.493 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 4.3108 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 4.8102 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2221 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.4101 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 6.594 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 44
  11. 5.099 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.9111 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 3.8116 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 4.3117 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 4.499 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 4.683 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 4.491 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 5.799 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 4.2100 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 4.495 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away

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