M4.8 earthquake 79 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 79 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile on Sun, Jul 30, 1995, 2:02 AM GMT-4 (06:02 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 38 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-07-30 06:02:57 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.212° S, 70.890° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.722 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.770 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.170 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.531 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.676 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.556 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.683 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.678 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.673 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.528 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.146 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.663 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.620 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 6.038 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.775 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.622 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.491 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.949 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.947 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.260 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.533 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.563 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.377 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.224 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.884 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.121 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.526 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.832 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.118 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.573 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.698 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.452 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.656 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.437 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.450 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.676 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.775 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.119 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.862 km SE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.560 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.630 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.363 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.431 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.863 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.647 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.293 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.635 km SE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.052 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.7Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.590 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.075 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.331 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.9115 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.758 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.557 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.8102 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.7Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.366 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11386 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
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