M4.2 earthquake 98 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 98 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 1:02 AM GMT-4 (05:02 UTC), 66 km (41 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-15 05:02:37 UTC
- Depth
- 66.3 km (41.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.348° S, 69.680° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- Stations used
- 16
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.590 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 899 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 4.375 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 895 days ago · 114 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.178 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 888 days ago · 108 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.081 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 886 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
- 4.579 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 886 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.367 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 882 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.078 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 881 days ago · 106 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
- 4.458 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 868 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.185 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 904 days ago · 116 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.070 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile · 904 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.275 km N of Calama, Chile · 906 days ago · 119 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.598 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 906 days ago · 57 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 4.394 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 907 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 4.575 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 918 days ago · 116 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.587 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 927 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.155 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 929 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mc4t. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:12 AM UTC.