M4.3 earthquake 122 km NW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 122 km NW of Vallenar, Chile on Fri, Nov 27, 2020, 12:58 AM GMT-3 (03:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-27 03:58:41 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.721° S, 71.549° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.968 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2128 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.283 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2128 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.392 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2125 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 4.066 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2124 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 3.9170 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2097 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 4.2117 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2142 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.837 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2147 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 4.250 km WSW of Copiapó, Chile · 2154 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.180 km WSW of Copiapó, Chile · 2156 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ck81. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:00 AM UTC.