Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 139 km N of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 139 km N of Calama, Chile on Wed, May 15, 2019, 10:30 PM GMT-4 (02:30 UTC), 134 km (83 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 82 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-05-16 02:30:02 UTC
Depth
133.8 km (83.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.211° S, 68.716° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
63°
Stations used
40

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 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.259 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2695 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.079 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2688 days ago · 131 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.4147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2687 days ago · 119 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.2151 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2686 days ago · 112 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2683 days ago · 114 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 4.378 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2677 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 4.582 km N of Calama, Chile · 2676 days ago · 110 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.158 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2670 days ago · 137 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.7147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2663 days ago · 122 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 4.4119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2662 days ago · 147 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.0120 km SW of Colchani, Bolivia · 2660 days ago · 200 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 2656 days ago · 114 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 4.580 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2655 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 4.2110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2650 days ago · 162 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.4105 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2639 days ago · 131 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 4.4145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2637 days ago · 126 km deep · 14 km away

Before

  1. 4.5122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2696 days ago · 123 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.4146 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2699 days ago · 187 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.3103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2700 days ago · 122 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.5140 km N of Calama, Chile · 2709 days ago · 113 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 4.4132 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2715 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 5.3106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2717 days ago · 146 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
  7. 4.5142 km N of Calama, Chile · 2722 days ago · 124 km deep · 7 km away

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