M4.5 earthquake 93 km N of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 93 km N of Tocopilla, Chile on Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 10:46 PM GMT-3 (01:46 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2024-09-29 01:46:35 UTC
- Depth
- 64.4 km (40.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.252° S, 70.244° 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 IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 195°, dip 50°, rake -58°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 331°, dip 49°, rake -123°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.1 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- Stations used
- 42
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
- 4.174 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 710 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.193 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 685 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0123 km SW of La Tirana, Chile · 680 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nh1r. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC.