M4.3 earthquake 32 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 32 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Fri, Aug 22, 2014, 11:44 PM GMT-4 (03:44 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-08-23 03:44:59 UTC
- Depth
- 64.8 km (40.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.802° S, 70.129° 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.
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
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 323°, dip 53°, rake -87°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 139°, dip 37°, rake -94°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.6 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
None recorded.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s5li. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.