M4.8 earthquake 55 km ENE of Taltal, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 55 km ENE of Taltal, Chile on Sun, Jul 30, 1995, 1:34 AM GMT-4 (05:34 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 63 km NNW of Taltal, 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
- 1995-07-30 05:34:28 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 25.191° S, 69.990° 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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.676 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11378 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.683 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11378 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.663 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11378 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.491 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11378 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.676 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.775 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.363 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.863 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.293 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.492 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.291 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.470 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.673 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11376 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.269 km NW of Taltal, Chile · 11376 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.365 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.990 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11370 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.393 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11368 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.661 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11338 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000714y. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:31 PM UTC.