M4.5 earthquake 131 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 131 km N of Calama, Chile on Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:32 PM GMT-3 (20:32 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 122 km N 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-29 20:32:07 UTC
- Depth
- 120.4 km (74.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.269° S, 68.931° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4148 km N of Calama, Chile · 2526 days ago · 110 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2525 days ago · 132 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2522 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2521 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.977 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2509 days ago · 99 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.387 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2502 days ago · 137 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.8122 km N of Calama, Chile · 2499 days ago · 115 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1135 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2486 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.0153 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2485 days ago · 98 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.585 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2480 days ago · 119 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2479 days ago · 104 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2479 days ago · 122 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2474 days ago · 124 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.181 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2473 days ago · 133 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600064j4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC.