M4.2 earthquake 22 km SW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 22 km SW of Calama, Chile on Thu, Jan 17, 2019, 5:07 AM GMT-3 (08:07 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 44 km E 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-17 08:07:22 UTC
- Depth
- 114.9 km (71.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.621° S, 69.049° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 29
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2807 days ago · 112 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.544 km E of Calama, Chile · 2799 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.172 km SW of Calama, Chile · 2796 days ago · 114 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.246 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 2791 days ago · 104 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.552 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2786 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1101 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile · 2778 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.330 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2772 days ago · 117 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 4.533 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2831 days ago · 107 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.479 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 2832 days ago · 94 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.271 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2832 days ago · 117 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.635 km N of Calama, Chile · 2838 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.176 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2843 days ago · 106 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j4y9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC.