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M4.2 earthquake 85 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 85 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile on Sun, Jul 4, 2021, 6:11 PM GMT-4 (22:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 84 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-07-04 22:11:29 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
28.771° S, 71.605° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
191°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
38

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.392 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 4.192 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.2105 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.499 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.492 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.698 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 4.0111 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 5.484 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1914 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 10
  9. 4.491 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 4.490 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 4.260 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1908 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.580 km N of La Serena, Chile · 1908 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 4.4100 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1897 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 4.451 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 1893 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.376 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 1879 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 4.684 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 4.686 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 4.3Near the coast of Atacama, Chile · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.089 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 4.586 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 4.582 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 6.072 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 24
  8. 5.975 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 26
  9. 4.093 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 1944 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000eiqv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:01 AM UTC.