M4.6 earthquake 137 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 137 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 2:08 AM GMT-3 (05:08 UTC), 130 km (81 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-04 05:08:34 UTC
- Depth
- 129.8 km (80.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.306° S, 68.424° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5142 km N of Calama, Chile · 2722 days ago · 124 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.3106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2718 days ago · 146 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
- 4.4132 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2716 days ago · 111 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5140 km N of Calama, Chile · 2709 days ago · 113 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2700 days ago · 122 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4146 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2700 days ago · 187 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2696 days ago · 123 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 2696 days ago · 134 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.259 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2695 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.079 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2688 days ago · 131 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2687 days ago · 119 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2151 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2687 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2683 days ago · 114 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 4.4153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2740 days ago · 120 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.6167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2746 days ago · 126 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.363 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2749 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2148 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2755 days ago · 131 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3121 km N of Calama, Chile · 2759 days ago · 126 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2762 days ago · 119 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ka2k. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC.