Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 99 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 99 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Nov 19, 2014, 10:18 PM GMT-3 (01:18 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 99 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2014-11-20 01:18:09 UTC
Depth
125.8 km (78.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.616° S, 68.585° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.4 km horizontally, 5.7 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.472 km N of Calama, Chile · 4332 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.1132 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4329 days ago · 107 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.335 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4321 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.0127 km N of Calama, Chile · 4320 days ago · 125 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.571 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4306 days ago · 123 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 4.464 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4305 days ago · 116 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 3.8120 km N of Calama, Chile · 4304 days ago · 110 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.5162 km N of Calama, Chile · 4303 days ago · 126 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.089 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4288 days ago · 130 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 5.599 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4280 days ago · 109 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 4.0150 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4279 days ago · 175 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 4.274 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4277 days ago · 114 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 4.1140 km N of Calama, Chile · 4336 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.5139 km N of Calama, Chile · 4337 days ago · 134 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 5.693 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4341 days ago · 111 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.540 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4348 days ago · 114 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.085 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4349 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 4.036 km E of Calama, Chile · 4350 days ago · 110 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.2152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4357 days ago · 140 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.0145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4360 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.2157 km N of Calama, Chile · 4360 days ago · 120 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sy4m. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC.