M5.2 earthquake 155 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 155 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Apr 13, 2015, 7:16 PM GMT-3 (22:16 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-04-13 22:16:20 UTC
- Depth
- 122.0 km (75.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.079° S, 68.626° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
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
- 5.2 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 293°, dip 63°, rake -118°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 164°, dip 38°, rake -46°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From moment tensor inversion
- Station coverage gap
- 27°
- Stations used
- 265
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.281 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4167 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2122 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4155 days ago · 110 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6152 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4153 days ago · 102 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.098 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4153 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4146 days ago · 117 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4145 days ago · 101 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.070 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 123 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4128 days ago · 109 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 4.197 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4193 days ago · 120 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.698 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 4197 days ago · 159 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6153 km N of Calama, Chile · 4202 days ago · 127 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4204 days ago · 130 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.5100 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4206 days ago · 120 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000269j (also filed as iscgem607119791). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC.