M4.5 earthquake 98 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 98 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 12:01 AM GMT-4 (04:01 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 81 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-11 04:01:01 UTC
- Depth
- 56.9 km (35.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.249° S, 69.894° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
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
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 334°, dip 28°, rake 55°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 193°, dip 68°, rake 107°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.6 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.070 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile · 905 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.185 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 904 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.298 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 902 days ago · 66 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.590 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 899 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 4.178 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 889 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.081 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 887 days ago · 102 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 7
- 4.497 km SW of La Tirana, Chile · 884 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.458 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 868 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.380 km SW of La Tirana, Chile · 852 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mbbh. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC.