Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 98 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 98 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile on Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 7:58 AM GMT-4 (11:58 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
4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-07-05 11:58:24 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
28.778° S, 71.746° 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
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 355°, dip 37°, rake 110°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 151°, dip 56°, rake 76°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
148°
Stations used
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0111 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 5.484 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1913 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 10
  3. 4.491 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 4.490 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.260 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1908 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.580 km N of La Serena, Chile · 1907 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 4.4100 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1897 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 4.451 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 1892 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.1106 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1888 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.492 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 4.499 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 4.2105 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.192 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 4.392 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 4.285 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 4.684 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 4.686 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 4.3Near the coast of Atacama, Chile · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 4.089 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 4.586 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 4.582 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 6.072 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 24
  14. 5.975 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 26
  15. 4.093 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 1944 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000eiua. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC.