M5.4 earthquake 32 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 32 km E of Calama, Chile on Wed, Feb 18, 1976, 3:03 PM GMT-3 (18:03 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-02-18 18:03:22 UTC
- Depth
- 111.0 km (69.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.514° S, 68.613° 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.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 63
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.729 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 18480 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.743 km SE of Calama, Chile · 18437 days ago · 97 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.686 km N of Calama, Chile · 18433 days ago · 103 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000f3v (also filed as iscgem717995). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC.