M4.5 earthquake 48 km ENE of Los Andes, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 48 km ENE of Los Andes, Chile on Tue, May 11, 2021, 10:41 AM GMT-4 (14:41 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 37 km E of Los Andes, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-11 14:41:34 UTC
- Depth
- 109.5 km (68.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 32.685° S, 70.110° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 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 4.5 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 56
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.637 km E of Los Andes, Chile · 1955 days ago · 108 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
- 4.230 km W of Mendoza, Argentina · 1929 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.626 km W of Mendoza, Argentina · 1929 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 24
- 4.034 km W of Mendoza, Argentina · 1929 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e22t. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:28 AM UTC.