Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 31 km ENE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 31 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Sat, May 2, 2015, 9:35 PM GMT-3 (00:35 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 50 km E of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-05-03 00:35:23 UTC
Depth
116.1 km (72.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.333° S, 68.647° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.281 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4167 days ago · 117 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.120 km SE of Calama, Chile · 4163 days ago · 101 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.098 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4153 days ago · 106 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 5.661 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4144 days ago · 124 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.090 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4138 days ago · 210 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 6.050 km E of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 124 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 16
  7. 4.130 km E of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 127 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 4.070 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 123 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.5116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4121 days ago · 131 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 3.9114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4120 days ago · 144 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 4.175 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 129 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 5.1107 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.196 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4111 days ago · 215 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 4.137 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4169 days ago · 129 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.197 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4193 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.327 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4194 days ago · 145 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002awx. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:37 PM UTC.