M4.3 earthquake 33 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 33 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 11:47 PM GMT-4 (03:47 UTC), 54 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 50 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-22 03:47:28 UTC
- Depth
- 53.9 km (33.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.241° S, 71.440° 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 III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.2 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 38
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
- 4.650 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1928 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.264 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1919 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.376 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.633 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1886 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6
- 4.140 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1878 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 4.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1939 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.87 km SW of Vicuña, Chile · 1943 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 4.444 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1945 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.343 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1955 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ef3y. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:07 AM UTC.