M4.5 earthquake 83 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 83 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile on Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 10:46 AM GMT-4 (14:46 UTC), 51 km (32 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
- 2021-06-04 14:46:25 UTC
- Depth
- 50.9 km (31.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.438° S, 70.591° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 8
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 353°, dip 68°, rake -117°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 227°, dip 34°, rake -42°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 43
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.382 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1933 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.184 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1911 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.283 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 1900 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1101 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 1887 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e9qi. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.