M4.1 earthquake 37 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 37 km NE of Calama, Chile on Fri, May 1, 2015, 7:09 AM GMT-3 (10:09 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 50 km E 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
- 2015-05-01 10:09:32 UTC
- Depth
- 128.6 km (79.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.235° S, 68.652° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.231 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4167 days ago · 116 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.281 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4167 days ago · 117 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.120 km SE of Calama, Chile · 4163 days ago · 101 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.098 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4152 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.661 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4144 days ago · 124 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
- 4.090 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4137 days ago · 210 km deep · 98 km away
- 6.050 km E of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 124 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 16
- 4.130 km E of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 127 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.070 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 123 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4121 days ago · 131 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.9114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4119 days ago · 144 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.175 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 129 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.1107 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 122 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.196 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4111 days ago · 215 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002amu. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC.