M4.5 earthquake 100 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 100 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 8:21 AM GMT-3 (11:21 UTC), 120 km (75 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-25 11:21:03 UTC
- Depth
- 120.0 km (74.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.670° S, 68.446° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6115 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4205 days ago · 185 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.0140 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4204 days ago · 223 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4204 days ago · 130 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.641 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4203 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 7
- 4.6153 km N of Calama, Chile · 4202 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.043 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4199 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.197 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4192 days ago · 120 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.2155 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4186 days ago · 122 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 4.137 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4169 days ago · 129 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.231 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4167 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.281 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4167 days ago · 117 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6152 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4153 days ago · 102 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.098 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4152 days ago · 106 km deep · 14 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001qlu. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.