M4.3 earthquake 55 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 55 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 9:24 AM GMT-4 (13:24 UTC), 122 km (76 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-30 13:24:44 UTC
- Depth
- 121.9 km (75.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.023° S, 68.646° 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 9.7 km horizontally, 11.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.373 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3006 days ago · 135 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.147 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2994 days ago · 104 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5130 km N of Calama, Chile · 2994 days ago · 130 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.496 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2986 days ago · 112 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2984 days ago · 135 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.486 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2974 days ago · 111 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.454 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2962 days ago · 106 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4129 km N of Calama, Chile · 2961 days ago · 127 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2137 km N of Calama, Chile · 2960 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.328 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2955 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 4.251 km N of Calama, Chile · 3021 days ago · 88 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2123 km N of Calama, Chile · 3034 days ago · 138 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 3035 days ago · 133 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3035 days ago · 139 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3040 days ago · 126 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.566 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3042 days ago · 106 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1120 km N of Calama, Chile · 3042 days ago · 123 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.255 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3043 days ago · 128 km deep · 1 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fs97. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC.