M4.3 earthquake 121 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 121 km N of Calama, Chile on Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 5:25 PM GMT-3 (20:25 UTC), 126 km (78 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
- 2019-03-14 20:25:38 UTC
- Depth
- 125.8 km (78.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.363° S, 68.839° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2148 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2755 days ago · 131 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.363 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2749 days ago · 113 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2747 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2741 days ago · 120 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2739 days ago · 130 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5142 km N of Calama, Chile · 2723 days ago · 124 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.3106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2718 days ago · 146 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
- 4.4132 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2716 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5140 km N of Calama, Chile · 2709 days ago · 113 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2701 days ago · 122 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4146 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2700 days ago · 187 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.6135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2763 days ago · 119 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2775 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2775 days ago · 129 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4109 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2776 days ago · 110 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2787 days ago · 119 km deep · 68 km away
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