M4.3 earthquake 36 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 36 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Sat, Feb 27, 2021, 5:19 AM GMT-3 (08:19 UTC), 134 km (83 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
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-27 08:19:38 UTC
- Depth
- 134.4 km (83.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.083° S, 67.903° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 24
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2122 km E of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2037 days ago · 229 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6118 km E of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2021 days ago · 200 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000de4d. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:58 PM UTC.