M4.4 earthquake 71 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 71 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 9:57 AM GMT-3 (12:57 UTC), 172 km (107 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 118 km E of San Pedro de Atacama, 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-24 12:57:01 UTC
- Depth
- 172.4 km (107.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.445° S, 67.716° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.5 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.336 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2044 days ago · 134 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.442 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2043 days ago · 122 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6118 km E of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2022 days ago · 200 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5122 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 1990 days ago · 257 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dknl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:06 AM UTC.