M4.5 earthquake 112 km SE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 112 km SE of Arica, Chile on Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 5:40 PM GMT-4 (21:40 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-12 21:40:19 UTC
- Depth
- 97.3 km (60.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.276° S, 69.635° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 71
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.476 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2607 days ago · 119 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2105 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2583 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1101 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2577 days ago · 117 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1142 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2576 days ago · 134 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3129 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2573 days ago · 95 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.282 km S of Arica, Chile · 2572 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2130 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2562 days ago · 111 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000549i. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:37 AM UTC.