M4.3 earthquake 55 km NW of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 55 km NW of Tocopilla, Chile on Wed, May 15, 2019, 3:55 AM GMT-4 (07:55 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-15 07:55:33 UTC
- Depth
- 56.8 km (35.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.684° S, 70.506° 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
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 6°, dip 72°, rake -91°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 190°, dip 18°, rake -86°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.019 km ENE of Tocopilla, Chile · 2700 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.598 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 2702 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5102 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 2710 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.670 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 2718 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003lem. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.