Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 24 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 24 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Apr 14, 2010, 2:13 PM GMT-4 (18:13 UTC), 101 km (63 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
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2010-04-14 18:13:31 UTC
Depth
100.9 km (62.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.266° S, 68.804° 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 usp000hbd2. 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
133°
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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.442 km S of Calama, Chile · 6014 days ago · 95 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.134 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6012 days ago · 95 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.360 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6011 days ago · 107 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6008 days ago · 113 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 5.393 km NE of Calama, Chile · 5998 days ago · 92 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.224 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 5997 days ago · 107 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.420 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 5983 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 4.637 km SE of Calama, Chile · 5961 days ago · 112 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 7

Before

  1. 4.644 km S of Calama, Chile · 6030 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.254 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6035 days ago · 98 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.0109 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6042 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 5.079 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6044 days ago · 145 km deep · 56 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hbd2. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC.