M4.5 earthquake 95 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 95 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Sat, Jan 2, 2021, 5:40 AM GMT-3 (08:40 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-02 08:40:21 UTC
- Depth
- 96.1 km (59.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.496° S, 68.882° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.259 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2096 days ago · 109 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1153 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile · 2061 days ago · 130 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.036 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 2101 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.587 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2101 days ago · 112 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.9Antofagasta, Chile · 2113 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 4.120 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2119 days ago · 130 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d4yw. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.