M4.3 earthquake 33 km ENE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 33 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Jul 24, 2016, 11:49 PM GMT-4 (03:49 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 25 km ESE 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-25 03:49:48 UTC
- Depth
- 114.4 km (71.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.391° S, 68.607° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- 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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.091 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3713 days ago · 124 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.325 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3710 days ago · 156 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.049 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 3709 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.374 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3708 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.754 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3701 days ago · 145 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.425 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3697 days ago · 107 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 9
- 4.386 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3691 days ago · 126 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.243 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 3684 days ago · 117 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.151 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3679 days ago · 109 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.167 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3678 days ago · 136 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2116 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3676 days ago · 133 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.079 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3674 days ago · 121 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.265 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3670 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.178 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3664 days ago · 136 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 4.339 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3719 days ago · 108 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 4.379 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3722 days ago · 120 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.041 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3722 days ago · 115 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.130 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3732 days ago · 126 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.278 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3748 days ago · 106 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3117 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3748 days ago · 141 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006hc4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:45 AM UTC.