M4.1 earthquake 3 km S of Quillota, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 3 km S of Quillota, Chile on Sun, Aug 8, 2021, 7:24 PM GMT-4 (23:24 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 45 km SE of Los Andes, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-08 23:24:35 UTC
- Depth
- 53.5 km (33.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.912° S, 71.253° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- 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: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.445 km ENE of La Ligua, Chile · 1888 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
- 4.841 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 1891 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 78
- 4.628 km NW of Cartagena, Chile · 1895 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 44
- 4.834 km ENE of Chicureo Abajo, Chile · 1908 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 28
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f3gi. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:24 AM UTC.