M4.2 earthquake 45 km SSE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 45 km SSE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 1:29 AM GMT-3 (04:29 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 3 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-24 04:29:06 UTC
- Depth
- 116.2 km (72.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.813° S, 68.703° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.63 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2432 days ago · 130 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.447 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 2429 days ago · 124 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.135 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 2423 days ago · 89 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.682 km SW of Calama, Chile · 2411 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.571 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2407 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.272 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2453 days ago · 99 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.315 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2469 days ago · 117 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2104 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 2471 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5Antofagasta, Chile · 2472 days ago · 101 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007eey. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC.