M4.3 earthquake 92 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 92 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile on Tue, Dec 8, 2020, 1:43 PM GMT-3 (16:43 UTC), 18 km (11 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
- 2020-12-08 16:43:36 UTC
- Depth
- 17.7 km (11.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.151° S, 71.568° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.0 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 176°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.066 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2122 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 3.9170 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2096 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.283 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2126 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.968 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2126 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3122 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2135 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2117 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2140 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.837 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 2146 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cp6g. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.