Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 116 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 116 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Jun 18, 2015, 12:56 PM GMT-3 (15:56 UTC), 131 km (81 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 107 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-06-18 15:56:22 UTC
Depth
131.1 km (81.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.486° S, 68.484° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
48°
Stations used
53

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4120 days ago · 144 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.175 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 129 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 5.1107 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 122 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.196 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4111 days ago · 215 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.2130 km N of Calama, Chile · 4105 days ago · 121 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 4.273 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4101 days ago · 120 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.479 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4098 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 4.394 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4095 days ago · 126 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 4.8147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4079 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 4.233 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4076 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 4.171 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4072 days ago · 133 km deep · 46 km away

Before

  1. 4.070 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 123 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 5.661 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4144 days ago · 124 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.0107 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4145 days ago · 195 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002jzk. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC.