M4.1 earthquake 71 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 71 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Aug 6, 2015, 5:11 PM GMT-3 (20:11 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 93 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-06 20:11:00 UTC
- Depth
- 133.4 km (82.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.863° S, 68.663° 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, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.068 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4055 days ago · 115 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.693 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4054 days ago · 120 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.483 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4048 days ago · 126 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4047 days ago · 137 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.475 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4047 days ago · 120 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.291 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4034 days ago · 138 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.060 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4034 days ago · 102 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4030 days ago · 127 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1138 km N of Calama, Chile · 4023 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.233 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4076 days ago · 104 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4079 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.394 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4095 days ago · 126 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.479 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4098 days ago · 113 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.273 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4101 days ago · 120 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002zwt. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC.