M5.2 earthquake 152 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 152 km N of Calama, Chile on Fri, Jun 19, 2009, 6:36 AM GMT-4 (10:36 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 128 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2009-06-19 10:36:22 UTC
- Depth
- 111.2 km (69.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.078° S, 68.898° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.2 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000gyca. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 321°, dip 37°, rake -91°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 143°, dip 53°, rake -89°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 289
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6309 days ago · 104 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5142 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6306 days ago · 118 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4102 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6296 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6293 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.3128 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6287 days ago · 112 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 4.6141 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6265 days ago · 189 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4135 km N of Calama, Chile · 6264 days ago · 131 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gyca (also filed as gcmtc200906191036a, gcmt20090619103622, iscgem13197432). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:22 PM UTC.