M4.4 earthquake 43 km WSW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 43 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 4:53 AM GMT-3 (07:53 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 51 km SSW 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
- 2021-01-07 07:53:27 UTC
- Depth
- 28.8 km (17.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.841° S, 71.562° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.151 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2085 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 17
- 4.638 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2084 days ago · 49 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2072 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 5.116 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2060 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 62
- 4.363 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2054 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 4.636 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2047 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.490 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2102 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.442 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2107 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5102 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2108 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.146 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2110 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.050 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2117 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.555 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2120 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 4.164 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2123 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d6d1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC.