M4.5 earthquake 49 km WSW of Santa Cruz, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 49 km WSW of Santa Cruz, Chile on Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 1:56 PM GMT-4 (17:56 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-08 17:56:25 UTC
- Depth
- 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.738° S, 71.892° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 7
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 10°, dip 27°, rake 111°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 167°, dip 65°, rake 80°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.8 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 98
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000et99. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC.