M5.2 earthquake 89 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 89 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Fri, May 30, 2014, 7:41 AM GMT-4 (11:41 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 89 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-05-30 11:41:38 UTC
- Depth
- 67.8 km (42.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.309° S, 69.974° 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
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 5.2 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 355°, dip 58°, rake 41°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 240°, dip 56°, rake 140°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.689 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4502 days ago · 60 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.128 km S of Iquique, Chile · 4471 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.387 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4464 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.976 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4463 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.15 km E of Tocopilla, Chile · 4450 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000r91p (also filed as iscgem604662883). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:27 AM UTC.