M4.1 earthquake 20 km SE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 20 km SE of Calama, Chile on Thu, May 7, 2015, 12:42 AM GMT-3 (03:42 UTC), 101 km (63 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
- 2015-05-07 03:42:11 UTC
- Depth
- 101.0 km (62.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.589° S, 68.783° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.661 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4144 days ago · 124 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 6.050 km E of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 124 km deep · 42 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 · 80 km away
- 4.175 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 129 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.128 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 4107 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002d9v. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:27 AM UTC.