M4.3 earthquake 65 km NNW of Taltal, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 65 km NNW of Taltal, Chile on Wed, Aug 2, 1995, 7:44 PM GMT-4 (23:44 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 50 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-08-02 23:44:25 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.856° S, 70.723° 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.650 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11373 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.654 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11373 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.542 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11372 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.186 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11371 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.270 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11371 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.990 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11370 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.393 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11368 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.065 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11366 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.466 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11359 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.398 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11349 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.661 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11338 days ago · 57 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.347 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11315 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.4104 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.364 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.189 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.396 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.140 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11376 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.775 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11376 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.269 km NW of Taltal, Chile · 11376 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.673 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11376 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.358 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11376 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.444 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11376 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.470 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.681 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.291 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.0Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.492 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.366 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8102 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.557 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.758 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.075 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00071cc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC.