M4.7 earthquake 131 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 131 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Feb 16, 2015, 4:56 AM GMT-3 (07:56 UTC), 131 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 41 km NE 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-02-16 07:56:29 UTC
- Depth
- 130.7 km (81.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.406° S, 68.321° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.654 km N of Calama, Chile · 4216 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5100 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4206 days ago · 120 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.6115 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4204 days ago · 185 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0140 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4204 days ago · 223 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4204 days ago · 130 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.641 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4203 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 7
- 4.6153 km N of Calama, Chile · 4202 days ago · 127 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.043 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4199 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.698 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 4197 days ago · 159 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.197 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4192 days ago · 120 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.2155 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4186 days ago · 122 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.2101 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4249 days ago · 117 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4249 days ago · 98 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.398 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4253 days ago · 122 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4260 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2126 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4263 days ago · 107 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4141 km N of Calama, Chile · 4265 days ago · 123 km deep · 51 km away
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000tpma. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:40 AM UTC.