M4.3 earthquake 33 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 33 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile on Tue, Mar 5, 2024, 5:30 PM GMT-3 (20:30 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 51 km W 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
- 2024-03-05 20:30:12 UTC
- Depth
- 33.5 km (20.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.335° S, 70.389° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 24
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
- 3.924 km WSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 926 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.551 km W of Mejillones, Chile · 911 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.863 km WSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 904 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m3k1. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:18 AM UTC.