M4.5 earthquake 160 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 160 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Feb 14, 2019, 6:54 AM GMT-3 (09:54 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 156 km W of Colchani, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (Mww, W-phase moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-14 09:54:42 UTC
- Depth
- 119.2 km (74.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.160° S, 68.224° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.5 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 186°, dip 47°, rake -26°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 295°, dip 71°, rake -134°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.4 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 53
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4109 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2776 days ago · 110 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2775 days ago · 129 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2775 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2762 days ago · 119 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3121 km N of Calama, Chile · 2759 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.1156 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 2756 days ago · 121 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2148 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2755 days ago · 131 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.363 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2749 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2746 days ago · 126 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2740 days ago · 120 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.6137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2738 days ago · 130 km deep · 26 km away
Before
- 5.0106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2792 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 4.7106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2792 days ago · 137 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1136 km N of Calama, Chile · 2793 days ago · 123 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2798 days ago · 139 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
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