M4.1 earthquake 106 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 106 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 12:16 AM GMT-4 (04:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 33 km WSW 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-03 04:16:48 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.512° S, 72.320° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 170°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.633 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1887 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 4.442 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1859 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.435 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1854 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.263 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1846 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.531 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1841 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
Before
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f1re. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC.