M4.2 earthquake 92 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 92 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Sun, Oct 11, 2020, 1:47 PM GMT-3 (16:47 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 50 km SW 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
- 2020-10-11 16:47:17 UTC
- Depth
- 90.5 km (56.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.210° S, 69.311° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 24
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.482 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 2182 days ago · 97 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 4.650 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2169 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.459 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2169 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1119 km E of Antofagasta, Chile · 2162 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.276 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 2159 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c7kj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:29 PM UTC.