Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 132 km N of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 132 km N of Calama, Chile on Wed, Nov 7, 2018, 1:06 AM GMT-3 (04:06 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 136 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-11-07 04:06:41 UTC
Depth
114.8 km (71.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.262° S, 68.901° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.2 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
64°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5152 km N of Calama, Chile · 2880 days ago · 113 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.1141 km N of Calama, Chile · 2880 days ago · 113 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.1151 km N of Calama, Chile · 2873 days ago · 144 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 4.990 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2853 days ago · 133 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.2139 km N of Calama, Chile · 2850 days ago · 124 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.288 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 2846 days ago · 106 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 4.6154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2842 days ago · 93 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.692 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2840 days ago · 143 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 5.0136 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2839 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  10. 4.3105 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2838 days ago · 140 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.635 km N of Calama, Chile · 2838 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 4.271 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2831 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.7137 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2827 days ago · 140 km deep · 37 km away

Before

  1. 4.577 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2886 days ago · 126 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.4122 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2892 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.0150 km N of Calama, Chile · 2894 days ago · 141 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.360 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2896 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.2121 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2901 days ago · 96 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.2139 km N of Calama, Chile · 2904 days ago · 122 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.3162 km N of Calama, Chile · 2907 days ago · 113 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 4.4153 km N of Calama, Chile · 2911 days ago · 133 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000i7tq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC.