M4.5 earthquake 116 km SE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 116 km SE of Arica, Chile on Wed, May 26, 2021, 8:12 PM GMT-4 (00:12 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-27 00:12:23 UTC
- Depth
- 104.6 km (65.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.216° S, 69.519° 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 II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.6 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.390 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1952 days ago · 107 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.391 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1951 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1139 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1939 days ago · 112 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.597 km E of Arica, Chile · 1925 days ago · 130 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.190 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1913 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 4.587 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1902 days ago · 108 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 3.242 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1896 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.1102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1955 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4167 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1968 days ago · 135 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0118 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1978 days ago · 97 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 4.288 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1984 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000eey3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.