Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 33 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 33 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 8:27 PM GMT-4 (00:27 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-08-04 00:27:13 UTC
Depth
31.3 km (19.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.071° S, 71.655° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
6
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.2 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
69°
Stations used
77

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.140 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1880 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.218 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1862 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
  3. 4.442 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1860 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 4.435 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1855 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.255 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1854 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.263 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1848 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 4.531 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1842 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1835 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
  9. 4.533 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1834 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 4.1106 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1889 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.376 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1897 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f21e. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:52 PM UTC.