M4.4 earthquake 145 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 145 km N of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jul 13, 2019, 12:49 PM GMT-4 (16:49 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-13 16:49:41 UTC
- Depth
- 126.3 km (78.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.146° S, 68.833° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2629 days ago · 185 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2614 days ago · 132 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.9138 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2613 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2608 days ago · 106 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2601 days ago · 124 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2600 days ago · 114 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3127 km N of Calama, Chile · 2583 days ago · 135 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2147 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2581 days ago · 154 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2581 days ago · 134 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2580 days ago · 120 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 4.4105 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2639 days ago · 131 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2650 days ago · 162 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.580 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2656 days ago · 120 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 2656 days ago · 114 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2662 days ago · 147 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 3.7147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2664 days ago · 122 km deep · 15 km away
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