M4.3 earthquake 30 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 30 km NE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Mar 1, 2019, 8:55 AM GMT-3 (11:55 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 106 km NNE of Calama, 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-01 11:55:42 UTC
- Depth
- 116.8 km (72.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.267° S, 68.713° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.544 km SE of Calama, Chile · 2751 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.953 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2750 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.642 km S of Calama, Chile · 2749 days ago · 113 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.363 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2748 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.3106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2717 days ago · 146 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
Before
- 4.4109 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2775 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.166 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2779 days ago · 178 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.246 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 2791 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.0106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2791 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 4.7106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2792 days ago · 137 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.544 km E of Calama, Chile · 2799 days ago · 127 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000j9bx. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:01 PM UTC.