M4.4 earthquake 97 km N of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 97 km N of Tocopilla, Chile on Tue, Sep 24, 2024, 10:57 PM GMT-3 (01:57 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 93 km N of Tocopilla, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-25 01:57:28 UTC
- Depth
- 71.0 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.221° S, 70.355° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 9
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 174°, dip 82°, rake 167°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 266°, dip 77°, rake 9°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 30
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ng2s. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC.