M4.2 earthquake 83 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 83 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile on Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 10:06 PM GMT-3 (01:06 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 92 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-06 01:06:48 UTC
- Depth
- 25.9 km (16.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.216° S, 71.503° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.392 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2124 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 4.066 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2122 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 3.9170 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2096 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 3.968 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2126 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3122 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2135 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2117 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2140 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.837 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2146 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
- 4.180 km WSW of Copiapó, Chile · 2154 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cnin. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.