M4.3 earthquake 146 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 146 km N of Calama, Chile on Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 11:14 PM GMT-3 (02:14 UTC), 110 km (69 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-29 02:14:57 UTC
- Depth
- 110.3 km (68.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.139° S, 69.025° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.767 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2553 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 16
- 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2543 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5131 km N of Calama, Chile · 2529 days ago · 120 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4148 km N of Calama, Chile · 2526 days ago · 110 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.1110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2525 days ago · 132 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2522 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2520 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.977 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2509 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.387 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2502 days ago · 137 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2562 days ago · 99 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2570 days ago · 121 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2571 days ago · 139 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.365 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2573 days ago · 117 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2579 days ago · 120 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2581 days ago · 134 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3127 km N of Calama, Chile · 2583 days ago · 135 km deep · 32 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005nbf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC.