Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 60 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 60 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile on Tue, Jul 13, 2021, 6:17 PM GMT-4 (22:17 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 80 km N of La Serena, 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
2021-07-13 22:17:43 UTC
Depth
37.4 km (23.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
28.794° S, 71.328° 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 I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.6 km horizontally, 23.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.30
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
183°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.580 km N of La Serena, Chile · 1907 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.4100 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1896 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.451 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 1892 days ago · 70 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.376 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 1879 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.349 km N of Vallenar, Chile · 1860 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 4.490 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.491 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 5.484 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1913 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 10
  4. 4.0111 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.698 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.492 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 4.499 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 4.2105 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 4.192 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 4.392 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 4.285 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1917 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 4.684 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 4.686 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 4.3Near the coast of Atacama, Chile · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 4.089 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 4.586 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 4.582 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 6.072 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 24
  19. 5.975 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1918 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 26

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000elq3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:33 AM UTC.