M4.3 earthquake 61 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 61 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:49 AM GMT-3 (08:49 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 152 km N 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-25 08:49:28 UTC
- Depth
- 120.2 km (74.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.937° S, 68.707° 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, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.422 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3170 days ago · 117 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3163 days ago · 146 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.182 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3146 days ago · 124 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1125 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3141 days ago · 134 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.229 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 3130 days ago · 118 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.340 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3126 days ago · 123 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.5118 km N of Calama, Chile · 3115 days ago · 117 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.551 km E of Calama, Chile · 3112 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cp77. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:24 AM UTC.