Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 73 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 73 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jul 8, 2015, 9:41 AM GMT-3 (12:41 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 147 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-07-08 12:41:40 UTC
Depth
120.3 km (74.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.877° S, 68.578° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.479 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4098 days ago · 113 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 4.394 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4095 days ago · 126 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.8147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4079 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 4.233 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4076 days ago · 104 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.171 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4072 days ago · 133 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.068 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4055 days ago · 115 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.693 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4054 days ago · 120 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 4.483 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4048 days ago · 126 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 4.152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4047 days ago · 137 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.475 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4047 days ago · 120 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 4.2130 km N of Calama, Chile · 4105 days ago · 121 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.196 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4111 days ago · 215 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 5.1107 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 122 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.175 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4117 days ago · 129 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 3.9114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4120 days ago · 144 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.5116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4121 days ago · 131 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.070 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 123 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 4.130 km E of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 127 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 6.050 km E of Calama, Chile · 4129 days ago · 124 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 16

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002vys. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC.