M4.3 earthquake 13 km W of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 13 km W of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jul 24, 2019, 12:42 PM GMT-4 (16:42 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 77 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-24 16:42:14 UTC
- Depth
- 108.8 km (67.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.467° S, 69.052° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 32
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.436 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2607 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.337 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2603 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.977 km S of Calama, Chile · 2591 days ago · 90 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 4.641 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2576 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.365 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2572 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2569 days ago · 121 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.565 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2568 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60004uvg. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC.