M4.8 earthquake 32 km ENE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 32 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Nov 2, 1982, 1:15 PM GMT-3 (16:15 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 18 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 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-11-02 16:15:43 UTC
- Depth
- 104.0 km (64.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.357° S, 68.626° 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.491 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 16025 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.018 km NE of Calama, Chile · 16011 days ago · 108 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.993 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 16003 days ago · 136 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.185 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 15984 days ago · 122 km deep · 66 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001qpb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:31 PM UTC.