M4.1 earthquake 72 km SW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 72 km SW of Calama, Chile on Mon, Feb 4, 2019, 9:55 PM GMT-3 (00:55 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 42 km S 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-05 00:55:50 UTC
- Depth
- 113.9 km (70.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.985° S, 69.333° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.246 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 2792 days ago · 104 km deep · 65 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 · 49 km away
- 4.544 km SE of Calama, Chile · 2752 days ago · 109 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.953 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2751 days ago · 113 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 4.642 km S of Calama, Chile · 2749 days ago · 113 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jdfq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC.