M3.8 earthquake 47 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 47 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Thu, Jul 1, 2021, 1:49 PM GMT-4 (17:49 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 41 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-01 17:49:27 UTC
- Depth
- 21.1 km (13.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.303° S, 71.709° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 178°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.841 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 1891 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 78
- 4.445 km ENE of La Ligua, Chile · 1888 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 4.13 km S of Quillota, Chile · 1883 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ei1y. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:01 PM UTC.