M4.3 earthquake 63 km SW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 63 km SW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 2:14 AM GMT-3 (05:14 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 36 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-16 05:14:30 UTC
- Depth
- 21.9 km (13.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.980° S, 71.704° 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 I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.1 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 163°
- 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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.636 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2049 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1Near the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 2032 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
- 4.074 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2018 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
- 4.433 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2010 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dhyz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC.