M4.3 earthquake 79 km SW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 79 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 10:25 PM GMT-4 (02:25 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 85 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-07 02:25:43 UTC
- Depth
- 20.5 km (12.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.083° S, 71.820° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.433 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 1996 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 4.985 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 11
- 4.2104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1966 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.452 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1965 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.343 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1954 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.433 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2009 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 4.151 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2018 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 4.372 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2029 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.360 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2032 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dzjw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:45 AM UTC.