Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 98 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 98 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Feb 5, 2015, 7:49 PM GMT-3 (22:49 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 41 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-02-05 22:49:52 UTC
Depth
122.0 km (75.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.670° S, 68.470° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
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 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4249 days ago · 98 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 4.2101 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4249 days ago · 117 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 4.7131 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4243 days ago · 131 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.654 km N of Calama, Chile · 4216 days ago · 103 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.5100 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4206 days ago · 120 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 4.0140 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4204 days ago · 223 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.1153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4204 days ago · 130 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 5.641 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4203 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 7
  9. 4.6153 km N of Calama, Chile · 4202 days ago · 127 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.043 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4199 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 4.150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4260 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 4.141 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4261 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.2126 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4263 days ago · 107 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.4141 km N of Calama, Chile · 4265 days ago · 123 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.315 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4270 days ago · 141 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.274 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4277 days ago · 114 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.0150 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4278 days ago · 175 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 5.599 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4280 days ago · 109 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tml3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC.