Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 74 km NE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 74 km NE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 1:19 PM GMT-3 (16:19 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 131 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-01-13 16:19:38 UTC
Depth
114.0 km (70.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.918° S, 68.498° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.315 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4270 days ago · 141 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.4141 km N of Calama, Chile · 4265 days ago · 123 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 4.2126 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4263 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.141 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4261 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4260 days ago · 105 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 4.398 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4254 days ago · 122 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.2114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4250 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 4.2101 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4249 days ago · 117 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 4.7131 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4243 days ago · 131 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 4.0150 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4279 days ago · 175 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 5.599 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4280 days ago · 109 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.089 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4288 days ago · 130 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.213 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 4299 days ago · 101 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.8120 km N of Calama, Chile · 4304 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.464 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4305 days ago · 116 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 4.571 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4306 days ago · 123 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tf7y. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:39 PM UTC.