M4.0 earthquake 67 km SW of Taltal, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 67 km SW of Taltal, Chile on Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 10:53 AM GMT-3 (13:53 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 110 km NW of Copiapó, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-10 13:53:49 UTC
- Depth
- 20.7 km (12.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 25.911° S, 70.871° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 1747 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.9119 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 1731 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.9110 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 1731 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 10
- 4.3129 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 1731 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2129 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 1729 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fsz6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC.