M4.3 earthquake 43 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 43 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, May 27, 2021, 12:47 PM GMT-4 (16:47 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 50 km WSW 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
- 2021-05-27 16:47:29 UTC
- Depth
- 41.0 km (25.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.680° S, 71.640° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.444 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1944 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1939 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.333 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1929 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.650 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1928 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 4.264 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1919 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.376 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 4.452 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1965 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1966 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.330 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1980 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 5.831 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1980 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 52
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ef7u. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:55 AM UTC.