M4.0 earthquake 22 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 22 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile on Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 4:03 PM GMT-4 (20:03 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-17 20:03:42 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.253° S, 70.323° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.52
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 175°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004mjx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC.