M4.0 earthquake 132 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 132 km N of Calama, Chile on Mon, Sep 9, 2019, 4:31 PM GMT-3 (19:31 UTC), 120 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 67 km NNE 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-09 19:31:38 UTC
- Depth
- 119.7 km (74.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.261° S, 68.919° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.365 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2572 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2571 days ago · 139 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2570 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2562 days ago · 99 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2560 days ago · 110 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.767 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2553 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 16
- 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2543 days ago · 107 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.5131 km N of Calama, Chile · 2529 days ago · 120 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.4148 km N of Calama, Chile · 2526 days ago · 110 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.1110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2525 days ago · 132 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2522 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2520 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 4.4143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2581 days ago · 134 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3127 km N of Calama, Chile · 2583 days ago · 135 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.5154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2599 days ago · 114 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.6139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2600 days ago · 124 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.337 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2603 days ago · 117 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.7106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2608 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
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