M4.1 earthquake 51 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 51 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile on Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 11:18 PM GMT-3 (02:18 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 31 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-25 02:18:48 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.381° S, 71.666° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak 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
- 4.1 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 13°, dip 29°, rake 110°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 171°, dip 62°, rake 79°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.379 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2005 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.433 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 1996 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 4.985 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 11
- 5.831 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1980 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 52
- 4.330 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1980 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 3.830 km N of La Serena, Chile · 1968 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 4.2104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1965 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.452 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1965 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dw7x. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:15 AM UTC.