M4.2 earthquake 70 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 70 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile on Sat, Aug 5, 1995, 4:24 PM GMT-4 (20:24 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 44 km W 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-08-05 20:24:39 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.260° S, 70.617° 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.990 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11370 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.644 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11370 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.451 km SE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11369 days ago · 53 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.393 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11368 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.065 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11366 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.221 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11366 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.466 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11359 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.536 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11358 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.398 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11349 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.543 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11345 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.269 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11343 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.661 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11338 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.440 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11336 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.331 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11335 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.571 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11334 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.347 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11315 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.186 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11371 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.345 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11371 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.263 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11372 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.542 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11372 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.920 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11373 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.654 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11373 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.650 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11373 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.451 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.038 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.365 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.041 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.830 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.434 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.341 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4104 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.331 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.437 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.638 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.364 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.832 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00071g4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC.