M4.2 earthquake 24 km SSE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 24 km SSE of Calama, Chile on Wed, May 5, 2010, 11:00 AM GMT-4 (15:00 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 37 km SE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2010-05-05 15:00:30 UTC
- Depth
- 106.8 km (66.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.644° S, 68.799° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (II) at Calama.
From the USGS event page for usp000hcbv. 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.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- 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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.420 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 5982 days ago · 114 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.637 km SE of Calama, Chile · 5959 days ago · 112 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 7
- 4.534 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 5947 days ago · 99 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6006 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.360 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6009 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.134 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6011 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.442 km S of Calama, Chile · 6013 days ago · 95 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.324 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6016 days ago · 101 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hcbv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:02 PM UTC.