M4.6 earthquake 116 km NW of Vallenar, Chile

Magnitude

4.6 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 5:39 PM GMT-3

UTC

2020-09-10 20:39:14 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

27.749° S, 71.490° W

Region

Chile

Felt reports

1

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.16

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

122°

Stations used

46

• Caldera, ChilePopulation 16,150. Forecast101 kmSW
• Copiapó, ChilePopulation 129,280. Forecast122 kmWSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast640 kmN

After

1. 4.583 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 12, 6:45 AM GMT-3 · 2211 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
2. 4.176 km W of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 14, 6:23 AM GMT-3 · 2209 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
3. 4.3106 km NW of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 14, 7:21 PM GMT-3 · 2209 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
4. 4.5101 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 15, 2:11 AM GMT-3 · 2208 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
5. 4.462 km WNW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 20, 5:11 PM GMT-3 · 2203 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
6. 4.955 km W of Copiapó, ChileSun, Oct 18, 1:54 PM GMT-3 · 2175 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
7. 4.180 km WSW of Copiapó, ChileSun, Nov 8, 12:34 AM GMT-3 · 2154 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away

Before

1. 4.4111 km NW of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 7, 11:20 PM GMT-3 · 2215 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
2. 4.3103 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 2216 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
3. 4.590 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 8:30 AM GMT-3 · 2217 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
4. 4.788 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 2217 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
5. 4.4117 km W of Copiapó, ChileSat, Sep 5, 11:24 PM GMT-4 · 2217 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
6. 4.0113 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 5, 1:37 PM GMT-4 · 2218 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
7. 4.8107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 5, 2:39 AM GMT-4 · 2218 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
8. 4.0106 km NW of Vallenar, ChileFri, Sep 4, 2:06 AM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
9. 4.2115 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 10:57 PM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
10. 4.4110 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 9:13 PM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
11. 4.4124 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 6:49 PM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
12. 4.6112 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 2:41 PM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
13. 4.0124 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 11:36 AM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
14. 4.699 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 11:23 PM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
15. 4.4107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 12:41 PM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
16. 4.2117 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 12:21 PM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
17. 3.9123 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 10:38 AM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
18. 4.778 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 9:38 AM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
19. 3.9107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 8:03 AM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
20. 4.489 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 5:38 AM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000blfg. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:49 AM UTC.