M4.3 earthquake 111 km NW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 111 km NW of Vallenar, Chile on Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 8:34 AM GMT-4 (12:34 UTC), 10 km (6 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-14 12:34:14 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.846° S, 71.542° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 175°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.975 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 26
- 6.072 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 24
- 4.3Near the coast of Atacama, Chile · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.392 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.491 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2140 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.370 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 1885 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.376 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 1879 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ecxz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:12 AM UTC.