M4.4 earthquake 44 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 44 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 6:06 PM GMT-4 (22:06 UTC), 25 km (16 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
- 2021-06-06 22:06:43 UTC
- Depth
- 25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.687° S, 71.658° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 166°
- Stations used
- 49
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
- 4.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1940 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.333 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1930 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.650 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1929 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 4.264 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1920 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.376 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.633 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1888 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
Before
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000eak3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC.