M4.6 earthquake 35 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 35 km N of Calama, Chile on Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 5:55 PM GMT-3 (20:55 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 106 km NNE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-24 20:55:57 UTC
- Depth
- 99.6 km (61.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.141° S, 68.953° 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, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.271 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2832 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.533 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2831 days ago · 107 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 4.283 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2823 days ago · 128 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.222 km SW of Calama, Chile · 2815 days ago · 115 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2807 days ago · 112 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.544 km E of Calama, Chile · 2799 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.7106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2791 days ago · 137 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2791 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 4.246 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 2791 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.3105 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2839 days ago · 140 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.692 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2840 days ago · 143 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.288 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 2846 days ago · 106 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.940 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2853 days ago · 114 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.990 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2853 days ago · 133 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.443 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 2867 days ago · 135 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ix89. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC.