M5.6 earthquake 41 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 41 km NE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Mar 28, 2015, 1:36 PM GMT-3 (16:36 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-28 16:36:53 UTC
- Depth
- 112.0 km (69.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.217° S, 68.618° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 7
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.6 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 351°, dip 57°, rake -88°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 168°, dip 33°, rake -92°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 334
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.043 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4200 days ago · 111 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.327 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4194 days ago · 145 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.197 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4193 days ago · 120 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.137 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4169 days ago · 129 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.231 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4168 days ago · 116 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.281 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4167 days ago · 117 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.120 km SE of Calama, Chile · 4164 days ago · 101 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.098 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4153 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.661 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4144 days ago · 124 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001rig (also filed as gcmt20150328163654, iscgem610587192). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC.