M4.3 earthquake 86 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 86 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Apr 3, 2009, 2:27 AM GMT-4 (06:27 UTC), 135 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 114 km N 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2009-04-03 06:27:39 UTC
- Depth
- 135.1 km (83.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.773° S, 68.513° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000gvq2. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1102 km N of Calama, Chile · 6339 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5114 km N of Calama, Chile · 6331 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.598 km N of Calama, Chile · 6331 days ago · 123 km deep · 41 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gvq2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:57 PM UTC.