M4.6 earthquake 93 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 93 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Aug 24, 2015, 11:24 AM GMT-3 (14:24 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2015-08-24 14:24:07 UTC
- Depth
- 120.3 km (74.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.713° S, 68.501° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- 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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.483 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4048 days ago · 126 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4047 days ago · 137 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.475 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4047 days ago · 120 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.291 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4034 days ago · 138 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.060 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4034 days ago · 102 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4030 days ago · 127 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.1138 km N of Calama, Chile · 4023 days ago · 114 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.325 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4003 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 3998 days ago · 125 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100034hd. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC.