M2.6 earthquake 21 km SW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 21 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 8:35 AM GMT-3 (11:35 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 103 km N of Tocopilla, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-29 11:35:35 UTC
- Depth
- 46.4 km (28.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.351° S, 70.297° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people 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 3.6 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 18
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
- 2.844 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1753 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 2.714 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 1747 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 2.914 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1733 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0103 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 1719 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000g83v. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:36 AM UTC.