M4.3 earthquake 21 km SSE of Cuya, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 21 km SSE of Cuya, Chile on Wed, Feb 19, 2025, 3:46 AM GMT-3 (06:46 UTC), 57 km (36 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-19 06:46:16 UTC
- Depth
- 57.3 km (35.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.352° S, 70.133° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 321°, dip 30°, rake 90°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 142°, dip 60°, rake 90°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.8 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.324 km NNE of Barrio Industrial, Chile · 579 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
- 4.121 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 576 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.067 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 564 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.313 km WNW of Huara, Chile · 543 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
- 4.228 km W of Cuya, Chile · 533 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pep7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:36 PM UTC.