M5.0 earthquake 33 km SSE of Cuya, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 33 km SSE of Cuya, Chile on Sun, Mar 24, 2024, 4:50 PM GMT-3 (19:50 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mwr, regional moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-24 19:50:11 UTC
- Depth
- 79.1 km (49.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.458° S, 70.101° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 14
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.086 · 13 stations |
| 5.1 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Preliminary |
Did you feel it?
14 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light 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
- 5.0 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 352°, dip 64°, rake -99°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 191°, dip 27°, rake -73°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.6 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.032 km WNW of Camiña, Chile · 898 days ago · 112 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.24 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 884 days ago · 127 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.354 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 870 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mkzs (also filed as usauto6000mkzs). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.