M4.1 earthquake 56 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 56 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Feb 24, 2010, 11:49 AM GMT-3 (14:49 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 66 km ENE 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
- 4.1 (M), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2010-02-24 14:49:51 UTC
- Depth
- 111.0 km (69.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.959° S, 68.796° 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 usp000h7n6. 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
- 239°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.366 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6057 days ago · 114 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 60
- 4.4133 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6046 days ago · 123 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.079 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6043 days ago · 145 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.0109 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6040 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.254 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6033 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6026 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.324 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6016 days ago · 101 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.9152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6015 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.442 km S of Calama, Chile · 6013 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.134 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6011 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.360 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6009 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6006 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.129 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6080 days ago · 137 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1132 km N of Calama, Chile · 6082 days ago · 122 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3101 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6086 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6087 days ago · 203 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000h7n6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC.