M4.2 earthquake 89 km NE of Los Andes, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 89 km NE of Los Andes, Chile on Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 10:39 PM GMT-4 (02:39 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 42 km WSW of Villa Basilio Nievas, Argentina. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-12 02:39:45 UTC
- Depth
- 121.1 km (75.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 32.384° S, 69.812° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- 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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.642 km WSW of Villa Basilio Nievas, Argentina · 1879 days ago · 108 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 4.445 km SE of Los Andes, Chile · 1854 days ago · 110 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 19
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f4dl. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC.