M4.5 earthquake 19 km SW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 19 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 11:46 AM GMT-3 (14:46 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 31 km SW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-21 14:46:06 UTC
- Depth
- 41.4 km (25.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.701° S, 71.369° 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 II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 48
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.631 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1748 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.831 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 1729 days ago · 42 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 26
- 4.669 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 1723 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1100 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1719 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.133 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1705 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.298 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1703 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ge5v. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:49 AM UTC.