M4.5 earthquake 154 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 154 km N of Calama, Chile on Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 11:23 AM GMT-4 (15:23 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-20 15:23:41 UTC
- Depth
- 113.7 km (70.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.059° S, 68.922° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3127 km N of Calama, Chile · 2583 days ago · 135 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2581 days ago · 134 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2579 days ago · 120 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.365 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2572 days ago · 117 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2571 days ago · 139 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2562 days ago · 99 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2560 days ago · 110 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2543 days ago · 107 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 4.6139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2600 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2601 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2608 days ago · 106 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 3.9138 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2612 days ago · 113 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2614 days ago · 132 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2628 days ago · 185 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600057gb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC.