M4.5 earthquake 83 km NW of Vallenar, Chile

Magnitude

4.5 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sat, Sep 12, 2020, 6:45 AM GMT-3

UTC

2020-09-12 09:45:30 UTC

Depth

20.4 km (12.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

28.108° S, 71.422° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.6 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

145°

Stations used

39

• Vallenar, ChilePopulation 44,895. Forecast83 kmNW
• Copiapó, ChilePopulation 129,280. Forecast135 kmSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast599 kmN

After

1. 4.176 km W of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 14, 6:23 AM GMT-3 · 2209 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
2. 4.3106 km NW of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 14, 7:21 PM GMT-3 · 2208 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
3. 4.5101 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 15, 2:11 AM GMT-3 · 2208 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
4. 4.462 km WNW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 20, 5:11 PM GMT-3 · 2203 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
5. 4.180 km WSW of Copiapó, ChileSun, Nov 8, 12:34 AM GMT-3 · 2154 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
6. 4.250 km WSW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Nov 10, 3:14 AM GMT-3 · 2152 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away

Before

1. 4.6116 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 10, 5:39 PM GMT-3 · 2213 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
2. 4.4111 km NW of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 7, 11:20 PM GMT-3 · 2215 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
3. 4.3103 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 2216 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
4. 4.590 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 8:30 AM GMT-3 · 2217 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
5. 4.788 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 2217 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
6. 4.4117 km W of Copiapó, ChileSat, Sep 5, 11:24 PM GMT-4 · 2217 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
7. 4.0113 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 5, 1:37 PM GMT-4 · 2218 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
8. 4.8107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 5, 2:39 AM GMT-4 · 2218 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
9. 4.0106 km NW of Vallenar, ChileFri, Sep 4, 2:06 AM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
10. 4.2115 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 10:57 PM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
11. 4.4110 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 9:13 PM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
12. 4.4124 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 6:49 PM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
13. 4.6112 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 2:41 PM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
14. 4.0124 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 11:36 AM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
15. 4.699 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 11:23 PM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
16. 4.4107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 12:41 PM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
17. 4.2117 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 12:21 PM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
18. 3.9123 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 10:38 AM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
19. 4.778 km NNW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 9:38 AM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
20. 3.9107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 8:03 AM GMT-4 · 2221 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bmdd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:04 AM UTC.