M4.3 earthquake 86 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 86 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 2:17 AM GMT-4 (06:17 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 149 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-21 06:17:25 UTC
- Depth
- 55.7 km (34.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.345° S, 69.958° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.4 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 34
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
- 4.3144 km N of Calama, Chile · 3016 days ago · 122 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.189 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 3010 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5149 km N of Calama, Chile · 3008 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ex6v. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.