M4.0 earthquake 19 km S of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 19 km S of Camiña, Chile on Mon, Aug 5, 2024, 7:31 PM GMT-4 (23:31 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 53 km ENE of Huara, 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
- 2024-08-05 23:31:08 UTC
- Depth
- 96.4 km (59.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.486° S, 69.456° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.451 km NNW of Camiña, Chile · 778 days ago · 98 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 4.461 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 774 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.553 km ENE of Huara, Chile · 758 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 4.429 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 757 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 8
- 4.350 km N of Camiña, Chile · 749 days ago · 111 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.436 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 734 days ago · 111 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ni9y. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC.