M4.8 earthquake 111 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 111 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 1:27 PM GMT-3 (16:27 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2018-12-16 16:27:22 UTC
- Depth
- 83.5 km (51.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.387° S, 69.335° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.176 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2843 days ago · 106 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.376 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile · 2841 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.479 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 2832 days ago · 94 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.222 km SW of Calama, Chile · 2815 days ago · 115 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.172 km SW of Calama, Chile · 2796 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.246 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 2791 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000iu57. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:21 AM UTC.