M4.2 earthquake 144 km N of Calama, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Thu, Jun 15, 2017, 7:48 PM GMT-4

UTC

2017-06-15 23:48:09 UTC

Depth

122.8 km (76.3 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

21.150° S, 68.993° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.5 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.27

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

79°

Stations used

50

• Pozo Almonte, ChilePopulation 16,878. Forecast129 kmSE
• Calama, ChilePopulation 166,334. Forecast146 kmN
• La Paz, BoliviaPopulation 2,004,652. Forecast525 kmS

After

1. 4.0137 km N of Calama, ChileSat, Jun 17, 11:44 PM GMT-4 · 3392 days ago · 121 km deep · 28 km away
2. 4.3145 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Jun 21, 3:31 PM GMT-4 · 3388 days ago · 105 km deep · 6 km away
3. 4.158 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, Jun 23, 5:01 PM GMT-4 · 3386 days ago · 128 km deep · 95 km away
4. 4.0134 km N of Calama, ChileSat, Jun 24, 12:05 AM GMT-4 · 3386 days ago · 125 km deep · 22 km away
5. 4.4156 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Jun 25, 11:33 PM GMT-4 · 3384 days ago · 136 km deep · 54 km away
6. 5.476 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Jul 2, 11:52 AM GMT-4 · 3377 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
7. 4.5122 km N of Calama, ChileThu, Jul 13, 11:38 AM GMT-4 · 3367 days ago · 127 km deep · 40 km away
8. 3.9121 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, Jul 21, 1:53 PM GMT-4 · 3358 days ago · 146 km deep · 41 km away
9. 5.3142 km NE of Tocopilla, ChileSat, Jul 22, 2:29 AM GMT-4 · 3358 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
10. 4.676 km NE of Calama, ChileMon, Jul 24, 12:21 AM GMT-4 · 3356 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away
11. 4.280 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Aug 1, 12:19 PM GMT-4 · 3347 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
12. 4.1116 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, Aug 4, 10:07 AM GMT-4 · 3345 days ago · 144 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.0130 km N of Calama, ChileSun, Aug 6, 11:11 AM GMT-4 · 3343 days ago · 123 km deep · 28 km away
14. 4.3137 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Aug 6, 9:04 PM GMT-4 · 3342 days ago · 128 km deep · 41 km away
15. 4.0123 km ESE of Iquique, ChileThu, Aug 10, 8:43 AM GMT-4 · 3339 days ago · 93 km deep · 43 km away
16. 4.4107 km NNE of Calama, ChileSat, Aug 12, 3:29 PM GMT-4 · 3336 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
17. 4.0161 km NNE of Calama, ChileSat, Aug 12, 6:34 PM GMT-4 · 3336 days ago · 136 km deep · 55 km away
18. 4.2100 km NNE of Calama, ChileMon, Aug 14, 12:02 PM GMT-3 · 3335 days ago · 127 km deep · 79 km away

Before

1. 4.2137 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Jun 14, 4:57 AM GMT-4 · 3396 days ago · 137 km deep · 28 km away
2. 4.1Chile-Bolivia border regionSun, Jun 11, 6:35 PM GMT-4 · 3398 days ago · 115 km deep · 6 km away
3. 4.1118 km SE of Iquique, ChileSat, Jun 10, 8:12 AM GMT-4 · 3400 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
4. 4.3153 km SE of Iquique, ChileFri, Jun 9, 5:15 AM GMT-4 · 3401 days ago · 119 km deep · 11 km away
5. 4.688 km NNE of Calama, ChileThu, Jun 8, 9:05 AM GMT-4 · 3402 days ago · 131 km deep · 79 km away
6. 5.166 km NNE of Calama, ChileSat, Jun 3, 6:21 PM GMT-4 · 3406 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
7. 4.9143 km N of Calama, ChileSun, May 28, 2:47 PM GMT-4 · 3412 days ago · 138 km deep · 32 km away
8. 4.4125 km E of Iquique, ChileSun, May 21, 9:10 PM GMT-4 · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009mvr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:22 AM UTC.