M4.2 earthquake 138 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 138 km N of Calama, Chile on Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 3:40 AM GMT-3 (06:40 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 122 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-16 06:40:39 UTC
- Depth
- 107.1 km (66.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.228° S, 68.677° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 36
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
- 4.5131 km N of Calama, Chile · 2529 days ago · 120 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4148 km N of Calama, Chile · 2526 days ago · 110 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2525 days ago · 132 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2522 days ago · 108 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2520 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.977 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2509 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.387 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2502 days ago · 137 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.8122 km N of Calama, Chile · 2499 days ago · 115 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.1135 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2486 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.0153 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2485 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 5.767 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2553 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 16
- 4.3146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2560 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2562 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2570 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2571 days ago · 139 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.365 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2572 days ago · 117 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
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