M4.1 earthquake 47 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 47 km NE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Apr 29, 2016, 12:08 AM GMT-3 (03:08 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 37 km SE 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-29 03:08:33 UTC
- Depth
- 106.9 km (66.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.208° S, 68.550° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1122 km N of Calama, Chile · 3799 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3105 km N of Calama, Chile · 3788 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.737 km SE of Calama, Chile · 3773 days ago · 99 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.265 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3765 days ago · 173 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.455 km S of Calama, Chile · 3757 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2125 km N of Calama, Chile · 3754 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3117 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3749 days ago · 141 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2132 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3748 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.389 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3807 days ago · 122 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.442 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3822 days ago · 119 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.0112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3824 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.220 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3830 days ago · 109 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.844 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3835 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005cci. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.