Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 146 km N of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 146 km N of Calama, Chile on Thu, Jun 2, 2016, 7:08 PM GMT-4 (23:08 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-06-02 23:08:48 UTC
Depth
107.4 km (66.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.136° S, 68.950° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 169°, dip 17°, rake -79°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 338°, dip 74°, rake -93°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.2 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
44°
Stations used
68

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0155 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3765 days ago · 105 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 4.6148 km N of Calama, Chile · 3759 days ago · 114 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 4.0162 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3755 days ago · 114 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.2125 km N of Calama, Chile · 3754 days ago · 113 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.4132 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3751 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 4.2132 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3748 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.0142 km N of Calama, Chile · 3745 days ago · 114 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 4.7154 km N of Calama, Chile · 3741 days ago · 114 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.9117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3739 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.488 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3737 days ago · 88 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 4.2132 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3736 days ago · 111 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.5152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3733 days ago · 114 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.2147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3727 days ago · 136 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 4.5136 km N of Calama, Chile · 3720 days ago · 122 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 4.091 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3713 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.178 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3776 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.7144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3783 days ago · 133 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.3105 km N of Calama, Chile · 3788 days ago · 120 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.2137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3792 days ago · 97 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.1122 km N of Calama, Chile · 3798 days ago · 111 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000608h. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:48 AM UTC.