M5.3 earthquake 33 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 33 km NE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 2:48 PM GMT-3 (17:48 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-10 17:48:23 UTC
- Depth
- 109.3 km (67.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.225° S, 68.710° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
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
- 5.3 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 7°, dip 71°, rake -92°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 195°, dip 19°, rake -82°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.0 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 31°
- Stations used
- 299
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.031 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3977 days ago · 113 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.131 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3958 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.214 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3954 days ago · 87 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.172 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3942 days ago · 106 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.598 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3930 days ago · 124 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4119 km N of Calama, Chile · 3930 days ago · 117 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.360 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3927 days ago · 108 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003x2w (also filed as gcmt20151110174823, iscgem608026306). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:26 PM UTC.