M4.2 earthquake 46 km SSE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 46 km SSE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 8:40 PM GMT-3 (23:40 UTC), 104 km (65 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-09 23:40:54 UTC
- Depth
- 104.3 km (64.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.831° S, 68.723° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 45
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
- 4.552 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2786 days ago · 93 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1101 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile · 2778 days ago · 103 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.330 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2772 days ago · 117 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.544 km SE of Calama, Chile · 2751 days ago · 109 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.953 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2750 days ago · 113 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 4.642 km S of Calama, Chile · 2749 days ago · 113 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 4.363 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2749 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.172 km SW of Calama, Chile · 2796 days ago · 114 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.544 km E of Calama, Chile · 2799 days ago · 127 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.272 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2801 days ago · 135 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2807 days ago · 112 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.222 km SW of Calama, Chile · 2815 days ago · 115 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jfsq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.