M4.8 earthquake 19 km WSW of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Camiña, Chile on Sun, Feb 4, 2024, 1:02 AM GMT-3 (04:02 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 84 km N 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
- 4.8 (Mww, W-phase moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-02-04 04:02:45 UTC
- Depth
- 113.1 km (70.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.363° S, 69.605° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 8
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.089 · 12 stations |
| 4.8 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
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
- 4.8 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 179°, dip 27°, rake -79°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 347°, dip 64°, rake -95°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.1 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 81
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.159 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 969 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.150 km N of Camiña, Chile · 958 days ago · 118 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.613 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 944 days ago · 108 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 4.340 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 939 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 5.384 km N of Camiña, Chile · 936 days ago · 109 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
- 5.033 km SSE of Cuya, Chile · 924 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 14
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lwv3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:04 PM UTC.