M5.5 earthquake 99 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 99 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 2:55 PM GMT-3 (17:55 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-10 17:55:02 UTC
- Depth
- 108.8 km (67.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.633° S, 68.534° W
- Region
- Chile
- 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
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
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
- 5.5 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 329°, dip 61°, rake -67°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 109°, dip 36°, rake -124°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.6 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 30°
- Stations used
- 337
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0150 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4278 days ago · 175 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.274 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4277 days ago · 114 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.315 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4270 days ago · 141 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4141 km N of Calama, Chile · 4265 days ago · 123 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2126 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4263 days ago · 107 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.141 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4261 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4260 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.398 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4253 days ago · 122 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.2114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4249 days ago · 98 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2101 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4249 days ago · 117 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.7131 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4243 days ago · 131 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 4.089 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4287 days ago · 130 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5162 km N of Calama, Chile · 4303 days ago · 126 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.8120 km N of Calama, Chile · 4304 days ago · 110 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.464 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4305 days ago · 116 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.571 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4306 days ago · 123 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000teil (also filed as iscgem610575217). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:43 AM UTC.