M4.2 earthquake 24 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 24 km E of Calama, Chile on Tue, Nov 24, 2020, 12:51 AM GMT-3 (03:51 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 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
- 2020-11-24 03:51:05 UTC
- Depth
- 113.6 km (70.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.460° S, 68.689° 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, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 38°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.165 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2134 days ago · 138 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2104 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2133 days ago · 138 km deep · 99 km away
- 6.075 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2118 days ago · 114 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 38
- 4.120 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2118 days ago · 130 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.055 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2112 days ago · 121 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.9Antofagasta, Chile · 2112 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 4.249 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2112 days ago · 118 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.229 km E of Calama, Chile · 2108 days ago · 111 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.366 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2106 days ago · 192 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.036 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 2100 days ago · 113 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.845 km E of Calama, Chile · 2091 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.982 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2090 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.172 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2143 days ago · 126 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.283 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2143 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.598 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2160 days ago · 140 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2162 days ago · 126 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.590 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2163 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.650 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2168 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000crwv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC.