M4.4 earthquake 51 km SE of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 51 km SE of Antofagasta, Chile on Tue, Aug 8, 1995, 3:18 AM GMT-4 (07:18 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 93 km SSE 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-08-08 07:18:12 UTC
- Depth
- 52.5 km (32.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.911° S, 69.981° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
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 101 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.393 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11368 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.566 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11368 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.065 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11366 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.221 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11366 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.953 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11359 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.466 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11359 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.536 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11358 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.645 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11357 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.340 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11349 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.543 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11345 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.438 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11336 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.440 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11336 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.331 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11335 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.756 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11324 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.347 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11315 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.848 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.644 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11370 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.990 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11370 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.270 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11371 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.345 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11371 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.542 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11372 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.546 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11373 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.920 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11373 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.654 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11373 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.650 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11373 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.755 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.451 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.038 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.041 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.830 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.434 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.859 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.341 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.331 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.437 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.638 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
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