M4.1 earthquake 11 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 1:49 PM GMT-3 (16:49 UTC), 36 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 69 km NNW of La Serena, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-11 16:49:55 UTC
- Depth
- 36.3 km (22.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.892° S, 71.437° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 175°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.528 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2059 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 6
- 4.457 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2056 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.969 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2052 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
- 4.360 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2032 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.151 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2018 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 4.369 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2011 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.320 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2070 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 4.356 km NNE of La Serena, Chile · 2071 days ago · 58 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2079 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.933 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2084 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dgr3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:40 PM UTC.