M4.2 earthquake 59 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 59 km N of Calama, Chile on Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 12:12 AM GMT-4 (04:12 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 148 km N 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-08-21 04:12:13 UTC
- Depth
- 129.0 km (80.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.929° S, 68.812° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.8 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.029 km E of Calama, Chile · 4404 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4117 km N of Calama, Chile · 4402 days ago · 121 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6148 km N of Calama, Chile · 4401 days ago · 132 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.680 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4384 days ago · 119 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.140 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4378 days ago · 167 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.034 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4371 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.0153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4371 days ago · 145 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.273 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4370 days ago · 190 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.467 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4369 days ago · 129 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.126 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4367 days ago · 109 km deep · 34 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s4sl. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:21 AM UTC.