M4.4 earthquake 42 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 42 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 9:11 AM GMT-4 (13:11 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 31 km W 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-31 13:11:28 UTC
- Depth
- 31.9 km (19.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.737° S, 71.698° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 37
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
- 4.435 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1854 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 4.263 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1846 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.531 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1840 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1833 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 7
- 4.484 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1817 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 4.218 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1860 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
- 4.140 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1878 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.633 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1886 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1106 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1887 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f66z. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC.