M4.3 earthquake 53 km N of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 53 km N of Vallenar, Chile on Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 12:43 PM GMT-4 (16:43 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 72 km WSW of Vallenar, 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-10 16:43:52 UTC
- Depth
- 50.1 km (31.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.093° S, 70.778° 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 III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.1 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 51
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0114 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 1939 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3111 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 1937 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.467 km E of Vallenar, Chile · 1931 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
- 6.072 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 24
- 4.260 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1908 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.451 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 1892 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ebrj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC.