M5.0 earthquake 88 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 88 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 7:52 AM GMT-3 (10:52 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-25 10:52:40 UTC
- Depth
- 72.0 km (44.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.314° S, 70.000° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.078 · 16 stations |
| 4.99 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Did you feel it?
6 people 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
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 200°, dip 17°, rake -87°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 17°, dip 73°, rake -91°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.6 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 121
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.172 km S of Iquique, Chile · 2739 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.670 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 2718 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5102 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 2710 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.598 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 2702 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 4.019 km ENE of Tocopilla, Chile · 2700 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.355 km NW of Tocopilla, Chile · 2697 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jl86 (also filed as iscgem615303137). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:07 AM UTC.