M4.1 earthquake 130 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 130 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile on Sun, Sep 6, 2020, 11:18 PM GMT-3 (02:18 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 64 km N of La Serena, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-07 02:18:06 UTC
- Depth
- 17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.926° S, 72.031° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 37
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.380 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2215 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.285 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 2210 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.176 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2209 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.462 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2202 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.171 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.559 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 2186 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 5.864 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2165 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 43
- 4.164 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2165 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bj4n. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:49 AM UTC.