M4.4 earthquake 52 km W of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 52 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Mon, May 17, 2021, 5:56 AM GMT-4 (09:56 UTC), 17 km (11 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-17 09:56:09 UTC
- Depth
- 16.9 km (10.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.581° S, 71.748° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- Stations used
- 33
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.343 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1954 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 4.444 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1944 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1939 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.333 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1929 days ago · 54 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 4.650 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1927 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 4.264 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1919 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e3ra. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:01 AM UTC.