M4.2 earthquake 4 km NNE of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Camiña, Chile on Fri, May 3, 2024, 2:43 PM GMT-4 (18:43 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 22 km S of Camiña, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-05-03 18:43:47 UTC
- Depth
- 126.5 km (78.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.275° S, 69.406° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.354 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 870 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.739 km ENE of Camiña, Chile · 853 days ago · 128 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.322 km S of Camiña, Chile · 853 days ago · 99 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.822 km S of Camiña, Chile · 849 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 8
- 4.152 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 836 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.355 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 836 days ago · 111 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mw6i. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:38 AM UTC.