M4.2 earthquake 121 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 121 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 10:42 AM GMT-4 (14:42 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 75 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-25 14:42:14 UTC
- Depth
- 122.7 km (76.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.405° S, 68.593° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 27
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.284 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2343 days ago · 119 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2340 days ago · 145 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2328 days ago · 126 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3152 km N of Calama, Chile · 2326 days ago · 104 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2127 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2323 days ago · 198 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.675 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2316 days ago · 137 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4120 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2316 days ago · 114 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
- 4.0122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2315 days ago · 124 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.0114 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2311 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.389 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2310 days ago · 137 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.091 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2310 days ago · 138 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2306 days ago · 119 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2296 days ago · 153 km deep · 11 km away
Before
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 2366 days ago · 114 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 4.290 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2369 days ago · 131 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2370 days ago · 134 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2372 days ago · 109 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.263 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2376 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4103 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 2377 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
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