M4.0 earthquake 145 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 145 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 2:05 PM GMT-4 (18:05 UTC), 185 km (115 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 154 km N 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
- 4.0 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-22 18:05:14 UTC
- Depth
- 185.0 km (115.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.330° S, 68.195° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 13.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 179°
- Stations used
- 28
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2614 days ago · 132 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2599 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3127 km N of Calama, Chile · 2583 days ago · 135 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2147 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2581 days ago · 154 km deep · 31 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 · 2579 days ago · 120 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3110 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2575 days ago · 201 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.365 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2572 days ago · 117 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2571 days ago · 139 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2570 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.4145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2637 days ago · 126 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4105 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2639 days ago · 131 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2650 days ago · 162 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.580 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2655 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 2656 days ago · 114 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004qn1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:49 AM UTC.