Chile earthquakes

M6.0 earthquake 50 km E of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 50 km E of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 10:52 AM GMT-3 (13:52 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
6.0 (mww), strong
Local time
UTC
2015-06-10 13:52:09 UTC
Depth
124.0 km (77.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.400° S, 68.432° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
16
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
PAGER alert
Green
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Map
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USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

16 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level
Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected

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
6.0 Mww
Nodal plane 1
Strike 134°, dip 46°, rake -80°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 301°, dip 45°, rake -99°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.5 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Depth from
From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
Station coverage gap
20°
Stations used
764

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.0 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.130 km E of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 127 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.070 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 123 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 3.9114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4119 days ago · 144 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.175 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 129 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 5.1107 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 122 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 4.196 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4111 days ago · 215 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.128 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 4107 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 4.273 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4101 days ago · 120 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.479 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4098 days ago · 113 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 4.394 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4095 days ago · 126 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 4.233 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4076 days ago · 104 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 4.171 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4072 days ago · 133 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.090 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4137 days ago · 210 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 5.661 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4144 days ago · 124 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.098 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4152 days ago · 106 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002nkt (also filed as gcmt20150610135208, iscgem607288602). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC.