M4.2 earthquake 51 km N of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 51 km N of Tocopilla, Chile on Sat, Feb 25, 2023, 4:05 AM GMT-3 (07:05 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-02-25 07:05:20 UTC
- Depth
- 24.7 km (15.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.638° S, 70.294° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0108 km SW of La Tirana, Chile · 1315 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2108 km SW of La Tirana, Chile · 1315 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.115 km W of Tocopilla, Chile · 1310 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.275 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile · 1283 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 4.094 km NNE of María Elena, Chile · 1273 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jri2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.