M4.3 earthquake 41 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 41 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 3:50 AM GMT-3 (06:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 40 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-16 06:50:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.856° S, 72.018° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 145°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.540 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2116 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 3.91 km S of Limache, Chile · 2114 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.146 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2110 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.442 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2107 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 4.490 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2102 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.355 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2096 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2072 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4near the coast of central Chile · 2058 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 14
Before
- 4.050 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2117 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.555 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2120 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 4.164 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2124 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 4.19 km E of Quillota, Chile · 2125 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 10
- 4.356 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2140 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 4.223 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2146 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000crht. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:54 PM UTC.