M4.8 earthquake 147 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 147 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 7:32 AM GMT-3 (10:32 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mww), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-30 10:32:55 UTC
- Depth
- 104.5 km (64.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.147° S, 68.641° 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.
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
- 4.8 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 17°, dip 86°, rake -74°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 121°, dip 16°, rake -165°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.2 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 156
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3101 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4074 days ago · 108 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.171 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4072 days ago · 133 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2115 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4057 days ago · 109 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.068 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4055 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4055 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.693 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4054 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.9114 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4053 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.483 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4048 days ago · 126 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4047 days ago · 137 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.475 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4047 days ago · 120 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.291 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4035 days ago · 138 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.060 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4034 days ago · 102 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4030 days ago · 127 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1138 km N of Calama, Chile · 4023 days ago · 114 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.8133 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4022 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6155 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4021 days ago · 100 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 4.394 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4095 days ago · 126 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.479 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4098 days ago · 113 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.273 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4101 days ago · 120 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3121 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4104 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2130 km N of Calama, Chile · 4105 days ago · 121 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002waw. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:42 PM UTC.