M4.4 earthquake 106 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 106 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile on Sun, May 9, 2021, 10:44 AM GMT-4 (14:44 UTC), 56 km (34 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-09 14:44:32 UTC
- Depth
- 55.5 km (34.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.757° S, 71.333° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 21
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
- 4.167 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 1956 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 4.093 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 1944 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.353 km N of Vallenar, Chile · 1942 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0114 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 1940 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.3111 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 1938 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e1kz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC.