M4.2 earthquake 65 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 65 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Sun, Sep 11, 2016, 6:03 PM GMT-3 (21:03 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 45 km E 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-11 21:03:51 UTC
- Depth
- 85.7 km (53.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.020° S, 69.106° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.488 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3630 days ago · 97 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.145 km E of Calama, Chile · 3622 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.112 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3618 days ago · 154 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.395 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3674 days ago · 94 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.151 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3681 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.186 km SW of Calama, Chile · 3693 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.425 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3698 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 9
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006nw5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:39 AM UTC.