M4.4 earthquake 6 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Sep 26, 2021, 6:50 AM GMT-3 (09:50 UTC), 45 km (28 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
- 2021-09-26 09:50:13 UTC
- Depth
- 44.8 km (27.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.005° S, 71.375° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 7
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.3 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.533 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1832 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.484 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1817 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.829 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 1795 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 13
- 4.675 km SSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1791 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
Before
- 4.531 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1841 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 4.263 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.255 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1853 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.435 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1854 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.442 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1859 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.218 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1861 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fekp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC.