Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 94 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 94 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Tue, Apr 9, 2024, 9:06 PM GMT-4 (01:06 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 98 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-04-10 01:06:44 UTC
Depth
46.5 km (28.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
21.262° S, 69.993° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
4.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 50°, dip 55°, rake 141°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 165°, dip 59°, rake 42°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.7 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.598 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 906 days ago · 57 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.070 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile · 905 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.298 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 902 days ago · 66 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.590 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 899 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.178 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 889 days ago · 108 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 4.497 km SW of La Tirana, Chile · 884 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.458 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 868 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.380 km SW of La Tirana, Chile · 852 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.155 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 930 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mb3r. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.