M4.0 earthquake 77 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 77 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Mon, Dec 2, 2024, 8:26 PM GMT-3 (23:26 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 84 km NNW of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-02 23:26:10 UTC
- Depth
- 56.4 km (35.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.416° S, 70.020° 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 III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.1 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.097 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 658 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.626 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile · 656 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 6.184 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 638 days ago · 99 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 54
- 3.736 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile · 621 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nvja. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC.