Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 85 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 85 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 2:39 PM GMT-3 (17:39 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 104 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-12-18 17:39:07 UTC
Depth
119.1 km (74.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.802° S, 68.481° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.9 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
43°
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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2479 days ago · 104 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2479 days ago · 122 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2473 days ago · 124 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.181 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2473 days ago · 133 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 4.315 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2468 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.3162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2465 days ago · 139 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.1168 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 2459 days ago · 153 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.1Chile-Bolivia border region · 2458 days ago · 131 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 4.595 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2458 days ago · 118 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 4.069 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2455 days ago · 119 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 5.0104 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2453 days ago · 109 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 17
  12. 4.2147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2451 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.1159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2447 days ago · 153 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 3.9136 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2438 days ago · 164 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 4.1154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2424 days ago · 122 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 4.1136 km N of Calama, Chile · 2423 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 4.434 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2488 days ago · 112 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.315 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 2490 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.8122 km N of Calama, Chile · 2499 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.387 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2502 days ago · 137 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 3.977 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2509 days ago · 99 km deep · 8 km away

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