M4.2 earthquake 51 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 51 km N of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jun 23, 2018, 8:04 PM GMT-4 (00:04 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 47 km ENE 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
- 2018-06-24 00:04:27 UTC
- Depth
- 88.5 km (55.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.001° S, 69.015° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3144 km N of Calama, Chile · 3017 days ago · 122 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.355 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3015 days ago · 122 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.5149 km N of Calama, Chile · 3009 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.373 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3006 days ago · 135 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.147 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2994 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5130 km N of Calama, Chile · 2994 days ago · 130 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.496 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2986 days ago · 112 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.486 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2974 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.454 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2962 days ago · 106 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 4.2123 km N of Calama, Chile · 3035 days ago · 138 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 3036 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3036 days ago · 139 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3041 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.566 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3042 days ago · 106 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.1120 km N of Calama, Chile · 3043 days ago · 123 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.255 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3044 days ago · 128 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ezyn. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.