M4.2 earthquake 64 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 64 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Jul 2, 2021, 3:01 AM GMT-4 (07:01 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-02 07:01:06 UTC
- Depth
- 34.9 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.144° S, 71.973° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 201°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 36
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
- 4.376 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1106 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1887 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.633 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1886 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
- 4.140 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1878 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.218 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1860 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
Before
- 4.650 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1928 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.333 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1929 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1939 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.444 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1945 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ei5t. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC.