Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 63 km NE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 63 km NE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 4:52 PM GMT-3 (19:52 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 103 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-01-21 19:52:44 UTC
Depth
108.4 km (67.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.017° S, 68.527° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.494 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3902 days ago · 120 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.5119 km N of Calama, Chile · 3901 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.0112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3900 days ago · 131 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.6103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3895 days ago · 116 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.1121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3893 days ago · 126 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.698 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3892 days ago · 117 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.189 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3881 days ago · 137 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 4.1110 km N of Calama, Chile · 3878 days ago · 98 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.4119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3874 days ago · 140 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 4.16 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3874 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 3.9121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3867 days ago · 134 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 4.221 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3853 days ago · 128 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 4.575 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3852 days ago · 121 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 4.2139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3850 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 5.0128 km N of Calama, Chile · 3908 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.360 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3926 days ago · 108 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 4.4119 km N of Calama, Chile · 3929 days ago · 117 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.598 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3929 days ago · 124 km deep · 38 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004g5x. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC.