M4.3 earthquake 22 km WSW of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 22 km WSW of Tocopilla, Chile on Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 1:55 PM GMT-3 (16:55 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 19 km NE of Mejillones, 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-13 16:55:54 UTC
- Depth
- 51.2 km (31.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.192° S, 70.386° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 22
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.519 km NE of Mejillones, Chile · 953 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.484 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 953 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.333 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 943 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m3iy. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:58 AM UTC.