M4.4 earthquake 156 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 156 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 12:20 PM GMT-4 (16:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2021-08-24 16:20:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.889° S, 72.801° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f39t. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.