M4.4 earthquake 62 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile

Magnitude

4.4 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sun, Sep 20, 2020, 5:11 PM GMT-3

UTC

2020-09-20 20:11:56 UTC

Depth

38.4 km (23.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

28.466° S, 71.390° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.5 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.27

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

144°

Stations used

34

• Vallenar, ChilePopulation 44,895. Forecast63 kmW
• Copiapó, ChilePopulation 129,280. Forecast160 kmSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast559 kmN

After

1. 4.171 km N of La Serena, ChileMon, Sep 28, 11:26 AM GMT-3 · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
2. 4.559 km SW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Oct 7, 2:34 AM GMT-3 · 2186 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
3. 5.864 km N of La Serena, ChileWed, Oct 28, 11:53 AM GMT-3 · 2165 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 43
4. 4.164 km N of La Serena, ChileWed, Oct 28, 12:39 PM GMT-3 · 2165 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
5. 4.180 km WSW of Copiapó, ChileSun, Nov 8, 12:34 AM GMT-3 · 2154 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
6. 4.837 km WNW of Vallenar, ChileMon, Nov 16, 5:18 PM GMT-3 · 2146 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3

Before

1. 4.5101 km NW of Vallenar, ChileTue, Sep 15, 2:11 AM GMT-3 · 2208 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
2. 4.3106 km NW of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 14, 7:21 PM GMT-3 · 2208 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
3. 4.176 km W of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 14, 6:23 AM GMT-3 · 2209 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
4. 4.285 km SW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 13, 11:52 AM GMT-3 · 2210 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
5. 4.583 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 12, 6:45 AM GMT-3 · 2211 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
6. 4.6116 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 10, 5:39 PM GMT-3 · 2213 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
7. 4.4111 km NW of Vallenar, ChileMon, Sep 7, 11:20 PM GMT-3 · 2215 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
8. 4.1130 km WSW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 11:18 PM GMT-3 · 2216 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
9. 4.3103 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 2216 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
10. 4.590 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 8:30 AM GMT-3 · 2217 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
11. 4.788 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSun, Sep 6, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 2217 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
12. 4.0113 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 5, 1:37 PM GMT-4 · 2218 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
13. 4.8107 km NW of Vallenar, ChileSat, Sep 5, 2:39 AM GMT-4 · 2218 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
14. 4.0106 km NW of Vallenar, ChileFri, Sep 4, 2:06 AM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
15. 4.2115 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 10:57 PM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
16. 4.4110 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 9:13 PM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
17. 4.4124 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 6:49 PM GMT-4 · 2219 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
18. 4.6112 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 2:41 PM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
19. 4.0124 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Sep 3, 11:36 AM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
20. 4.699 km NW of Vallenar, ChileWed, Sep 2, 11:23 PM GMT-4 · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bqk7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.