M4.8 earthquake 28 km ENE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 28 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Nov 1, 2018, 3:31 AM GMT-3 (06:31 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 90 km NE 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-01 06:31:08 UTC
- Depth
- 98.5 km (61.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.312° S, 68.690° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.5 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 131
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.577 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2886 days ago · 126 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.332 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 2875 days ago · 122 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.533 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2869 days ago · 122 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.443 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 2867 days ago · 135 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.990 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2853 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.940 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2852 days ago · 114 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.288 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 2846 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.692 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2840 days ago · 143 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3105 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2838 days ago · 140 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.635 km N of Calama, Chile · 2838 days ago · 100 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 4.360 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2895 days ago · 105 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 4.521 km E of Calama, Chile · 2896 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.744 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 2905 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 4.327 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 2921 days ago · 119 km deep · 25 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000i55r. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC.