M4.3 earthquake 45 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 45 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile on Sat, Aug 5, 1995, 7:14 AM GMT-4 (11:14 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 66 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-08-05 11:14:20 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.368° S, 70.717° 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 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 104 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.186 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11382 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.270 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11382 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.644 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11380 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.451 km SE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11379 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.860 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11378 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.566 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11378 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.065 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.221 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.953 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11370 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.536 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11369 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.645 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11367 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.340 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11360 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.543 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11355 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.269 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11353 days ago · 85 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.361 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11349 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.254 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11347 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.438 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11347 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.440 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11347 days ago · 43 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.331 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11346 days ago · 74 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.571 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11344 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.756 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11334 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.347 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11325 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 4.263 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11382 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.462 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11382 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.863 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11382 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.763 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11382 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.652 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11382 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.542 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11383 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.546 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11383 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.920 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11384 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.654 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11384 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.685 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 11384 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1120 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11384 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.777 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11384 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.666 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11384 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.650 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11384 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.370 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11384 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.755 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11384 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.451 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11384 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.038 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11384 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 6.468 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11384 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.041 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11384 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
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