M4.2 earthquake 139 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 139 km N of Calama, Chile on Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 9:24 AM GMT-3 (12:24 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 155 km N 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-15 12:24:56 UTC
- Depth
- 116.3 km (72.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.205° S, 68.758° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- Stations used
- 32
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3839 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3832 days ago · 117 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.7141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3828 days ago · 103 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3824 days ago · 127 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.0123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3823 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3822 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3819 days ago · 141 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3149 km N of Calama, Chile · 3818 days ago · 122 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.4148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3809 days ago · 112 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.9155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3808 days ago · 133 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.389 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3807 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3807 days ago · 113 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1122 km N of Calama, Chile · 3798 days ago · 111 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3792 days ago · 97 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.6148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3852 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.575 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3852 days ago · 121 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2133 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3854 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.9121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3867 days ago · 134 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3875 days ago · 140 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1110 km N of Calama, Chile · 3878 days ago · 98 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004xrs. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC.