M4.9 earthquake 152 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 152 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Apr 15, 2010, 5:42 PM GMT-4 (21:42 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 93 km NE 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
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2010-04-15 21:42:17 UTC
- Depth
- 105.2 km (65.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.131° S, 68.518° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Iquique.
From the USGS event page for usp000hbf9. 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
- 56°
- Stations used
- 182
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2159 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6006 days ago · 139 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.0156 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 5999 days ago · 109 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
- 5.393 km NE of Calama, Chile · 5996 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 4.5151 km E of Iquique, Chile · 5972 days ago · 117 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4159 km E of Iquique, Chile · 5960 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.3151 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 6025 days ago · 118 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6027 days ago · 106 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3163 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6039 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.0109 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6040 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.079 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6043 days ago · 145 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hbf9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC.