M4.3 earthquake 55 km W of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 55 km W of Valparaíso, Chile on Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 6:43 PM GMT-3 (21:43 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 near the coast of central 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
- 2021-01-05 21:43:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.042° S, 72.223° 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, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 167°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2072 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4near the coast of central Chile · 2059 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 14
- 4.461 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2052 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 9
- 3.9Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 2046 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.146 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2111 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.91 km S of Limache, Chile · 2115 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 4.540 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2117 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.341 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2117 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.050 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2118 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.555 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2121 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d5wq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.