M4.5 earthquake 69 km SW of Taltal, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 69 km SW of Taltal, Chile on Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 10:50 AM GMT-3 (13:50 UTC), 28 km (17 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
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-26 13:50:10 UTC
- Depth
- 28.1 km (17.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 25.857° S, 70.971° 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.
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 4°, dip 58°, rake 103°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 161°, dip 35°, rake 71°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.1 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 61
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
- 4.238 km W of Taltal, Chile · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.663 km WNW of Taltal, Chile · 2061 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.266 km WNW of Taltal, Chile · 2056 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.343 km WNW of Taltal, Chile · 2035 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000d3ev. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:25 AM UTC.