Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 33 km SW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 33 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Fri, Apr 16, 2021, 4:09 AM GMT-4 (08:09 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 31 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-04-16 08:09:52 UTC
Depth
46.9 km (29.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.836° S, 71.416° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.5 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
120°
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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.985 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 11
  2. 5.831 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1980 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 52
  3. 4.330 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1980 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.2104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1966 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.452 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1965 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 4.343 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1955 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.444 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1944 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 4.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1939 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away

Before

  1. 4.379 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2005 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.151 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2018 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e20b. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:55 AM UTC.