M4.5 earthquake 157 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 157 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 6:46 AM GMT-3 (09:46 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 107 km NNE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-12-26 09:46:42 UTC
- Depth
- 115.2 km (71.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.095° S, 68.481° 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 Alto Hospicio and Iquique.
From the USGS event page for usp000jxe3. 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
- 42°
- Stations used
- 68
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4142 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 5004 days ago · 132 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.7107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4975 days ago · 141 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.682 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4973 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jxe3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC.