M4.8 earthquake 59 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 59 km NE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Jul 19, 1983, 12:33 AM GMT-4 (04:33 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 56 km ENE 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-07-19 04:33:23 UTC
- Depth
- 129.8 km (80.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.095° S, 68.492° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.841 km S of Calama, Chile · 15770 days ago · 126 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.556 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 15769 days ago · 126 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.5114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 15760 days ago · 130 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.431 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 15757 days ago · 162 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.884 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 15751 days ago · 109 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.888 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 15745 days ago · 127 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.8Antofagasta, Chile · 15733 days ago · 127 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3139 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 15722 days ago · 143 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 15712 days ago · 95 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001wxj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC.