M3.8 earthquake 51 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 51 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Mon, Nov 2, 2020, 5:09 AM GMT-3 (08:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 55 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-02 08:09:34 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.835° S, 72.130° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 3.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 313°, dip 35°, rake 98°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 124°, dip 56°, rake 85°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.223 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2146 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
- 4.356 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2140 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 4.19 km E of Quillota, Chile · 2125 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 10
- 4.164 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2124 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 4.555 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2121 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 4.050 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2118 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.341 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2117 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.540 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2117 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 3.91 km S of Limache, Chile · 2115 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.146 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2111 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.442 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2108 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.490 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2102 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000c96u. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC.