Chile earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 79 km WSW of Tocopilla, Chile

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 79 km WSW of Tocopilla, Chile on Mon, Feb 2, 2015, 12:22 PM GMT-3 (15:22 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mwr), moderate
Local time: Mon, Feb 2, 2015, 12:22 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2015-02-02 15:22:10 UTC
Depth: 26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 22.311° S, 70.928° W
Region: Chile
Felt reports: 1
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person 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: Strike-slip
Moment magnitude: 5.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 56°, dip 55°, rake 159°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 158°, dip 73°, rake 36°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 94°
Stations used: 348

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tkzr (also filed as iscgem606636041). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.