M4.4 earthquake 35 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 35 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Sep 5, 2021, 12:05 PM GMT-3 (15:05 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 29 km NNW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-05 15:05:15 UTC
- Depth
- 24.6 km (15.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.018° S, 71.703° 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 II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.255 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1852 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.263 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1846 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.531 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1840 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
- 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1833 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 7
- 4.533 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1832 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.484 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1817 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.829 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 1794 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 13
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f8a9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:11 AM UTC.