M4.5 earthquake 122 km NNE of Calama, Chile

Magnitude

4.5 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Wed, May 15, 2019, 8:02 PM GMT-4

UTC

2019-05-16 00:02:41 UTC

Depth

123.3 km (76.6 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

21.431° S, 68.466° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.1 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

84°

Stations used

42

• Calama, ChilePopulation 166,334. Forecast123 kmNNE
• La Paz, BoliviaPopulation 2,004,652. Forecast549 kmS

After

1. 4.3139 km N of Calama, ChileWed, May 15, 10:30 PM GMT-4 · 2696 days ago · 134 km deep · 36 km away
2. 4.259 km NNE of Calama, ChileThu, May 16, 8:14 PM GMT-4 · 2695 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away
3. 4.238 km NE of Calama, ChileMon, May 20, 10:16 PM GMT-4 · 2691 days ago · 132 km deep · 91 km away
4. 4.079 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, May 24, 2:23 AM GMT-4 · 2688 days ago · 131 km deep · 46 km away
5. 4.4147 km N of Calama, ChileSat, May 25, 7:23 AM GMT-4 · 2686 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
6. 4.2151 km SE of Iquique, ChileSat, May 25, 8:01 PM GMT-4 · 2686 days ago · 112 km deep · 70 km away
7. 4.4144 km N of Calama, ChileWed, May 29, 9:00 AM GMT-4 · 2682 days ago · 114 km deep · 36 km away
8. 4.378 km NNE of Calama, ChileMon, Jun 3, 11:16 PM GMT-4 · 2677 days ago · 120 km deep · 47 km away
9. 4.582 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Jun 5, 3:18 AM GMT-4 · 2676 days ago · 110 km deep · 50 km away
10. 4.158 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Jun 11, 11:26 AM GMT-4 · 2669 days ago · 137 km deep · 64 km away
11. 3.7147 km N of Calama, ChileMon, Jun 17, 3:14 PM GMT-4 · 2663 days ago · 122 km deep · 62 km away
12. 4.4119 km NNE of Calama, ChileWed, Jun 19, 5:45 AM GMT-4 · 2661 days ago · 147 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.0120 km SW of Colchani, BoliviaThu, Jun 20, 4:13 PM GMT-4 · 2660 days ago · 200 km deep · 82 km away
14. 4.1149 km N of Calama, ChileTue, Jun 25, 4:34 AM GMT-4 · 2655 days ago · 114 km deep · 66 km away
15. 4.580 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Jun 25, 3:20 PM GMT-4 · 2655 days ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
16. 4.333 km NE of Calama, ChileSun, Jun 30, 3:52 AM GMT-4 · 2651 days ago · 136 km deep · 92 km away
17. 4.2110 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Jun 30, 8:33 PM GMT-4 · 2650 days ago · 162 km deep · 13 km away
18. 4.4105 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, Jul 12, 4:22 AM GMT-4 · 2638 days ago · 131 km deep · 17 km away
19. 4.4145 km N of Calama, ChileSat, Jul 13, 12:49 PM GMT-4 · 2637 days ago · 126 km deep · 50 km away

Before

1. 4.4146 km SW of Uyuni, BoliviaSun, May 12, 12:44 PM GMT-4 · 2699 days ago · 187 km deep · 60 km away
2. 4.3103 km NNE of Calama, ChileSat, May 11, 9:33 PM GMT-4 · 2700 days ago · 122 km deep · 21 km away
3. 4.5140 km N of Calama, ChileFri, May 3, 10:48 AM GMT-4 · 2708 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
4. 4.4132 km SE of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 26, 2:56 PM GMT-4 · 2715 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
5. 5.3106 km NNE of Calama, ChileWed, Apr 24, 2:57 PM GMT-4 · 2717 days ago · 146 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
6. 4.5142 km N of Calama, ChileFri, Apr 19, 11:51 PM GMT-4 · 2722 days ago · 124 km deep · 42 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003lx4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC.