Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 98 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 98 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Dec 27, 2015, 1:22 PM GMT-3 (16:22 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 128 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-12-27 16:22:30 UTC
Depth
123.6 km (76.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.682° S, 68.456° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.6 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4119 km N of Calama, Chile · 3929 days ago · 117 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 4.360 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3926 days ago · 108 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 5.0128 km N of Calama, Chile · 3909 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.163 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3904 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.494 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3902 days ago · 120 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 4.5119 km N of Calama, Chile · 3901 days ago · 111 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.0112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3900 days ago · 131 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.6103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3895 days ago · 116 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 4.1121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3893 days ago · 126 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.698 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3892 days ago · 117 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 4.189 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3881 days ago · 137 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 4.1110 km N of Calama, Chile · 3878 days ago · 98 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 4.4119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3875 days ago · 140 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 4.1155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3934 days ago · 108 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.172 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3942 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.8134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3943 days ago · 119 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.2136 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3943 days ago · 192 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100049y4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:11 AM UTC.