M4.0 earthquake 97 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 97 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 12:57 AM GMT-3 (03:57 UTC), 60 km (37 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
- 2024-12-14 03:57:56 UTC
- Depth
- 59.5 km (37.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.283° S, 69.838° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.369 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 649 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.915 km SW of La Tirana, Chile · 648 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 6.184 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 638 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 54
- 3.736 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile · 621 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 4.065 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 621 days ago · 116 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.278 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 612 days ago · 117 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nys0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:42 AM UTC.