Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 75 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 75 km W of Illapel, Chile on Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 10:56 PM GMT-3 (01:56 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 103 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 10:56 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2021-09-14 01:56:35 UTC
Depth: 13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 31.703° S, 71.957° W
Region: Chile
Felt reports: 10
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.8	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.036 · 76 stations
5.1	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

Did you feel it?

10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude: 4.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 356°, dip 22°, rake 93°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 173°, dip 68°, rake 89°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 3.9 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 75°
Stations used: 77

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000faxj (also filed as iscgem621072663). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC.