M4.0 earthquake 114 km NW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 114 km NW of Vallenar, Chile on Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 5:14 PM GMT-4 (21:14 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 111 km NW 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
- 4.0 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-12 21:14:28 UTC
- Depth
- 15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.817° S, 71.552° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.0 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 166°, dip 70°, rake 73°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 27°, dip 26°, rake 128°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 176°
- Stations used
- 46
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3111 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 1937 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.392 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2140 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.370 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 1885 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ecif. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.