M4.5 earthquake 62 km W of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 62 km W of Vallenar, Chile on Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 11:11 AM GMT-3 (14:11 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 78 km W 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
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-05 14:11:28 UTC
- Depth
- 41.5 km (25.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.619° S, 71.393° 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 II, weak shaking.
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
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 6°, dip 57°, rake 89°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 187°, dip 33°, rake 91°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.4 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 55
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.675 km SSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1791 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
- 4.889 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile · 1771 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
- 5.578 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1755 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 22
- 3.781 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 1754 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 4.239 km S of Vallenar, Chile · 1749 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000frq2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:20 AM UTC.