M4.3 earthquake 60 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 60 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 3:04 AM GMT-3 (06:04 UTC), 32 km (20 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-11 06:04:54 UTC
- Depth
- 31.8 km (19.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.713° S, 71.816° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 157°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.372 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2029 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.151 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2018 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 4.379 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2005 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 4.433 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 1996 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 4.985 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 11
- 5.831 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1980 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 52
- 4.330 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1980 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000di1x. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:12 AM UTC.