M4.3 earthquake 103 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 103 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, May 11, 2019, 9:33 PM GMT-4 (01:33 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 32 km ENE 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
- 2019-05-12 01:33:24 UTC
- Depth
- 121.7 km (75.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.621° S, 68.467° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4146 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2699 days ago · 187 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2696 days ago · 123 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 2696 days ago · 134 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.259 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2695 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.238 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2691 days ago · 132 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.079 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2688 days ago · 131 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2686 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2151 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2686 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2682 days ago · 114 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2677 days ago · 120 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.582 km N of Calama, Chile · 2676 days ago · 110 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.832 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2671 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.158 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2669 days ago · 137 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.333 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2666 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.7147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2663 days ago · 122 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2661 days ago · 147 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0120 km SW of Colchani, Bolivia · 2660 days ago · 200 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 2655 days ago · 114 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.580 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2655 days ago · 120 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.333 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2650 days ago · 136 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2650 days ago · 162 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 4.5140 km N of Calama, Chile · 2708 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.3106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2717 days ago · 146 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
- 4.5142 km N of Calama, Chile · 2722 days ago · 124 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3110 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2723 days ago · 206 km deep · 97 km away
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