Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 54 km ENE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 54 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Mar 28, 2010, 11:29 AM GMT-3 (14:29 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 93 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2010-03-28 14:29:00 UTC
Depth
98.1 km (61.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.334° S, 68.409° 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 usp000ha2p. 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
88°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.644 km S of Calama, Chile · 6029 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.324 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6016 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.442 km S of Calama, Chile · 6013 days ago · 95 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.134 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6011 days ago · 95 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.360 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6009 days ago · 107 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6006 days ago · 113 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 5.393 km NE of Calama, Chile · 5996 days ago · 92 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.224 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 5995 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.420 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 5982 days ago · 114 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 4.0109 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6040 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 5.079 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6043 days ago · 145 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 6.366 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6057 days ago · 114 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 60

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ha2p. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC.