M3.9 earthquake 37 km SSE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 37 km SSE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jun 7, 1986, 12:03 AM GMT-4 (04:03 UTC), 160 km (100 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 68 km SSW 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-06-07 04:03:32 UTC
- Depth
- 160.2 km (99.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.759° S, 68.757° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
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
- 4.446 km SE of Calama, Chile · 14720 days ago · 113 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.268 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 14712 days ago · 97 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.049 km N of Calama, Chile · 14711 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.230 km SE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 14705 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.761 km N of Calama, Chile · 14690 days ago · 175 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.7102 km S of Calama, Chile · 14665 days ago · 143 km deep · 76 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002uva. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:03 AM UTC.