M4.2 earthquake 83 km NNE of Calama, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 7:15 PM GMT-3

UTC

2020-11-19 22:15:36 UTC

Depth

108.0 km (67.1 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

21.780° S, 68.573° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.0 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

37°

Stations used

49

• Calama, ChilePopulation 166,334. Forecast83 kmNNE
• La Paz, BoliviaPopulation 2,004,652. Forecast589 kmS

After

1. 4.172 km NE of Calama, ChileFri, Nov 20, 2:12 AM GMT-3 · 2143 days ago · 126 km deep · 18 km away
2. 4.4135 km N of Calama, ChileFri, Nov 20, 6:50 PM GMT-3 · 2143 days ago · 125 km deep · 67 km away
3. 4.224 km E of Calama, ChileTue, Nov 24, 12:51 AM GMT-3 · 2139 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
4. 4.3156 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Nov 25, 5:52 PM GMT-3 · 2138 days ago · 151 km deep · 79 km away
5. 4.165 km NE of Calama, ChileSat, Nov 28, 8:08 PM GMT-3 · 2135 days ago · 138 km deep · 25 km away
6. 4.2104 km NNE of Calama, ChileMon, Nov 30, 3:05 AM GMT-3 · 2133 days ago · 138 km deep · 23 km away
7. 4.2107 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Dec 1, 3:15 AM GMT-3 · 2132 days ago · 115 km deep · 26 km away
8. 4.6132 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Dec 2, 10:52 PM GMT-3 · 2130 days ago · 116 km deep · 67 km away
9. 4.2115 km N of Calama, ChileSat, Dec 5, 5:02 PM GMT-3 · 2128 days ago · 118 km deep · 47 km away
10. 4.6145 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Dec 9, 7:20 AM GMT-3 · 2124 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
11. 6.075 km NNE of Calama, ChileMon, Dec 14, 12:20 PM GMT-3 · 2119 days ago · 114 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 38
12. 4.3144 km SW of Colchani, BoliviaTue, Dec 15, 11:42 PM GMT-3 · 2117 days ago · 185 km deep · 95 km away
13. 4.055 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Dec 20, 7:20 PM GMT-3 · 2113 days ago · 121 km deep · 27 km away
14. 4.249 km NNE of Calama, ChileMon, Dec 21, 11:14 AM GMT-3 · 2112 days ago · 118 km deep · 36 km away
15. 4.229 km E of Calama, ChileFri, Dec 25, 6:37 AM GMT-3 · 2108 days ago · 111 km deep · 73 km away
16. 4.2134 km NNE of Calama, ChileSat, Dec 26, 9:10 PM GMT-3 · 2106 days ago · 135 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
17. 4.0134 km N of Calama, ChileTue, Dec 29, 3:49 AM GMT-3 · 2104 days ago · 132 km deep · 64 km away
18. 4.845 km E of Calama, ChileSun, Jan 10, 7:11 PM GMT-3 · 2092 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
19. 4.1156 km ESE of Iquique, ChileTue, Jan 12, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 2090 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
20. 4.982 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Jan 12, 8:04 AM GMT-3 · 2090 days ago · 117 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1

Before

1. 4.3134 km N of Calama, ChileSun, Nov 15, 7:05 AM GMT-3 · 2148 days ago · 128 km deep · 74 km away
2. 4.5135 km WSW of Uyuni, BoliviaFri, Nov 6, 1:50 PM GMT-3 · 2157 days ago · 163 km deep · 99 km away
3. 4.598 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Nov 3, 6:35 AM GMT-3 · 2160 days ago · 140 km deep · 19 km away
4. 4.3103 km NE of Calama, ChileSun, Nov 1, 10:47 AM GMT-3 · 2162 days ago · 126 km deep · 38 km away
5. 4.590 km NNE of Calama, ChileSat, Oct 31, 8:08 AM GMT-3 · 2163 days ago · 120 km deep · 8 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000cqki. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.