Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 31 km south of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Sunday, 3 Jan 2021 10:20 am (GMT -3) -

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 31 km south of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Sunday, 3 Jan 2021 10:20 am (GMT -3)

Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 52 km depth

3 Jan 13:35 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 15 minutes.
3 Jan 13:36: Now using data updates from GUG (U. Chile)
Date & time: 3 Jan 2021 13:20:19 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Sunday, 3 Jan 2021 10:20 am (GMT -3)
Magnitude: 4
Depth: 52.3 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 30.867°S / 71.291°W (Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile)
Nearby towns and cities:
31 km (19 mi) SSW of Ovalle (pop: 77,100) --> See nearby quakes!
37 km (23 mi) WSW of Monte Patria (pop: 13,900) --> See nearby quakes!
86 km (53 mi) N of Illapel (Choapa) (pop: 22,800) --> See nearby quakes!
102 km (63 mi) S of Coquimbo (pop: 161,300) --> See nearby quakes!
107 km (67 mi) S of La Serena (pop: 154,500) --> See nearby quakes!
107 km (67 mi) S of La Serena (pop: 154,500) --> See nearby quakes!
241 km (150 mi) N of Viña del Mar (Valparaíso) (pop: 294,600) --> See nearby quakes!
243 km (151 mi) N of Quilpué (Valparaíso) (pop: 130,300) --> See nearby quakes!
294 km (183 mi) NNW of Santiago de Chile (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
313 km (194 mi) NNW of Puente Alto (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 510,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 21.2°C (70 F), humidity: 46%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from WNW
Primary data source: GUG (U. Chile)
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.052 km5 Km Al SO De Punitaqui, ChileGUG (U. Chile)
M 4.540 kmCOQUIMBO, CHILEEMSC
M 4.538 km31 Km SSW of Ovalle, ChileUSGS
M 4.126 kmNear Coast of Central ChileGFZ
M 4.538 km31 Km SSW of Ovalle, ChileUSGS

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
7975.1 km N of epicenter [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
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