Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 81 km NE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 81 km NE of Calama, Chile on Sun, May 3, 2015, 6:50 AM GMT-3 (09:50 UTC), 117 km (73 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 09:50:34 UTC
Depth
117.0 km (72.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.881° S, 68.431° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.120 km SE of Calama, Chile · 4163 days ago · 101 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.098 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4152 days ago · 106 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 5.661 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4144 days ago · 124 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.090 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4137 days ago · 210 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 6.050 km E of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 124 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 16
  6. 4.130 km E of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.070 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 123 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 4.5116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4121 days ago · 131 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 3.9114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4119 days ago · 144 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 4.175 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 129 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 5.1107 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 122 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 4.196 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4111 days ago · 215 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 4.231 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4167 days ago · 116 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.137 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4169 days ago · 129 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 5.2155 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4187 days ago · 122 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.197 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4192 days ago · 120 km deep · 16 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002ayx. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:27 AM UTC.