M4.4 earthquake 76 km ESE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 76 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 8:23 AM GMT-4 (12:23 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 62 km SE of Palca, Peru. 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-14 12:23:08 UTC
- Depth
- 119.0 km (74.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.665° S, 69.597° 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 II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.519 km ESE of Calana, Peru · 2579 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1101 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2577 days ago · 117 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1142 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2576 days ago · 134 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.442 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 2575 days ago · 144 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3129 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2573 days ago · 95 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.282 km S of Arica, Chile · 2572 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2130 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2562 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.662 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2552 days ago · 138 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600054xu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:44 AM UTC.