M4.0 earthquake 34 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 34 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 4:19 PM GMT-3 (19:19 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 33 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-07 19:19:50 UTC
- Depth
- 21.1 km (13.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.789° S, 71.648° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 160°
- Stations used
- 29
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.933 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2083 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 3.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2078 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.356 km NNE of La Serena, Chile · 2071 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.320 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2069 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 4.111 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2059 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.457 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2056 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 4.969 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2051 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d6it. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC.