M4.8 earthquake 7 km SW of Vicuña, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Vicuña, Chile on Tue, Jun 8, 2021, 3:42 AM GMT-4 (07:42 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-08 07:42:24 UTC
- Depth
- 80.7 km (50.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 30.079° S, 70.767° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 328°, dip 50°, rake -113°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 182°, dip 45°, rake -65°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.3 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 76
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.333 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1930 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 4.633 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1887 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000eb23. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:01 AM UTC.