M4.1 earthquake 11 km WNW of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 11 km WNW of Tocopilla, Chile on Thu, Jan 5, 2017, 1:24 PM GMT-3 (16:24 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 90 km SSE 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
- 4.1 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-05 16:24:42 UTC
- Depth
- 31.3 km (19.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.053° S, 70.303° 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
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.1 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 333°, dip 31°, rake 77°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 168°, dip 60°, rake 98°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.164 km WSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 3555 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.890 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3549 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 26
- 4.7Antofagasta, Chile · 3549 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007rgq. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:35 PM UTC.