M4.0 earthquake 62 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 62 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 12:51 PM GMT-3 (15:51 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 122 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, 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
- 2019-10-06 15:51:13 UTC
- Depth
- 69.2 km (43.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.934° S, 69.252° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 13.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.52
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2122 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2543 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.112 km WNW of Calama, Chile · 2539 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.022 km E of Calama, Chile · 2529 days ago · 99 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.225 km WSW of Calama, Chile · 2495 days ago · 88 km deep · 43 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005rcc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:07 AM UTC.