M4.6 earthquake 153 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 153 km N of Calama, Chile on Sun, Mar 29, 2015, 2:53 PM GMT-3 (17:53 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 155 km NNE 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
- 2015-03-29 17:53:22 UTC
- Depth
- 127.1 km (79.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.084° S, 68.751° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.197 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4193 days ago · 120 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.2155 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4187 days ago · 122 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 4.281 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4168 days ago · 117 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2122 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4156 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6152 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4153 days ago · 102 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.098 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4153 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6135 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4147 days ago · 135 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4147 days ago · 117 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.0142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4146 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 4.1153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4205 days ago · 130 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.5100 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4207 days ago · 120 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.654 km N of Calama, Chile · 4217 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5129 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4227 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.2106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4229 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001rss. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:15 AM UTC.