M4.1 earthquake 61 km NW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 61 km NW of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jun 6, 2020, 6:08 PM GMT-4 (22:08 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 46 km NE 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-06 22:08:17 UTC
- Depth
- 82.5 km (51.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.062° S, 69.347° 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 3.6 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.383 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2287 days ago · 124 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.174 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2265 days ago · 127 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2264 days ago · 128 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.946 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2264 days ago · 122 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3119 km N of Calama, Chile · 2264 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.072 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2263 days ago · 125 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.061 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2255 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a79k. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC.