M4.3 earthquake 82 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 82 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile on Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 11:51 PM GMT-4 (03:51 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 25 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-18 03:51:07 UTC
- Depth
- 13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.524° S, 69.685° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.8 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.425 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1923 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0119 km N of Calama, Chile · 1918 days ago · 126 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.184 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1911 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.283 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 1900 days ago · 88 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1101 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 1887 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3124 km N of Calama, Chile · 1873 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.1130 km N of Calama, Chile · 1945 days ago · 129 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.583 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 1946 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
- 4.3134 km N of Calama, Chile · 1949 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2103 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 1958 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ee19. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:22 PM UTC.