M4.6 earthquake 54 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 54 km N of Calama, Chile on Sat, Mar 14, 2015, 11:59 PM GMT-3 (02:59 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 41 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-15 02:59:47 UTC
- Depth
- 103.1 km (64.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.969° S, 68.856° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5100 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4206 days ago · 120 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4204 days ago · 130 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.641 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4203 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 7
- 4.6153 km N of Calama, Chile · 4202 days ago · 127 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.043 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4199 days ago · 111 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.197 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4192 days ago · 120 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.137 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4169 days ago · 129 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.231 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4167 days ago · 116 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.281 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4167 days ago · 117 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.120 km SE of Calama, Chile · 4163 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001mgq. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.