M4.3 earthquake 73 km N of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 73 km N of Tocopilla, Chile on Mon, Jun 5, 2023, 5:33 PM GMT-4 (21:33 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 91 km NNE of Tocopilla, 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-06-05 21:33:57 UTC
- Depth
- 78.5 km (48.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.443° S, 70.073° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 30
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.591 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1216 days ago · 54 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 4.283 km N of María Elena, Chile · 1212 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.124 km E of Tocopilla, Chile · 1159 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k6ip. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.