M4.4 earthquake 84 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 84 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 3:01 PM GMT-3 (18:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 42 km N 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-12 18:01:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.402° S, 71.936° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 196°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.675 km SSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1791 days ago · 78 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
- 4.449 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1764 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.742 km N of La Serena, Chile · 1758 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 47
Before
- 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1834 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
- 4.531 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1842 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 4.479 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1842 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.263 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000fu1v. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC.