M4.2 earthquake 38 km W of Taltal, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 38 km W of Taltal, Chile on Wed, Feb 3, 2021, 4:56 PM GMT-3 (19:56 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 63 km WNW of Taltal, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-03 19:56:37 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 25.365° S, 70.867° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.663 km WNW of Taltal, Chile · 2059 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.266 km WNW of Taltal, Chile · 2055 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.343 km WNW of Taltal, Chile · 2034 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000de9a. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC.