M4.8 earthquake 122 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 122 km N of Calama, Chile on Fri, Nov 29, 2019, 8:06 AM GMT-3 (11:06 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 104 km NE 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
- 4.8 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-29 11:06:02 UTC
- Depth
- 114.9 km (71.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.362° S, 68.731° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 241°, dip 15°, rake -26°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 357°, dip 83°, rake -103°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 95
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1135 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2486 days ago · 101 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0153 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2485 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.585 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2479 days ago · 119 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2479 days ago · 104 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2479 days ago · 122 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2473 days ago · 124 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.181 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2473 days ago · 133 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2465 days ago · 139 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2465 days ago · 122 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1168 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 2459 days ago · 153 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1Chile-Bolivia border region · 2458 days ago · 131 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.595 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2458 days ago · 118 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.069 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2455 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.0104 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2453 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 17
- 4.2147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2451 days ago · 114 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2447 days ago · 153 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 4.387 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2502 days ago · 137 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.977 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2509 days ago · 99 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2522 days ago · 108 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2525 days ago · 132 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4148 km N of Calama, Chile · 2526 days ago · 110 km deep · 31 km away
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