M4.2 earthquake 38 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 38 km NE of Calama, Chile on Mon, May 20, 2019, 10:16 PM GMT-4 (02:16 UTC), 132 km (82 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-21 02:16:28 UTC
- Depth
- 132.3 km (82.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.231° S, 68.639° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.079 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2688 days ago · 131 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2677 days ago · 120 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.582 km N of Calama, Chile · 2676 days ago · 110 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.832 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2671 days ago · 106 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.158 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2669 days ago · 137 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.333 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2667 days ago · 118 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2662 days ago · 147 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 4.580 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2655 days ago · 120 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.333 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2651 days ago · 136 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2650 days ago · 162 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4105 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2639 days ago · 131 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.259 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2695 days ago · 112 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.5122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2696 days ago · 123 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2700 days ago · 122 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.645 km S of Calama, Chile · 2705 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 5.3106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2717 days ago · 146 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
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