M4.2 earthquake 55 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 55 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 3:39 AM GMT-3 (06:39 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 29 km NNW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-07 06:39:27 UTC
- Depth
- 23.6 km (14.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.711° S, 71.765° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 38
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
- 4.263 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1846 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.531 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1841 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1833 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
- 4.533 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 1832 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.080 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 1797 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 4.829 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 1794 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 13
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f8sf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:07 PM UTC.