M5.2 earthquake 74 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 74 km NE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Feb 16, 2020, 7:05 PM GMT-3 (22:05 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-16 22:05:44 UTC
- Depth
- 104.1 km (64.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.932° S, 68.468° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.055 · 32 stations |
| 5.24 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.2 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.2 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 201°, dip 37°, rake -48°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 332°, dip 64°, rake -117°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.1 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 24°
- Stations used
- 128
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2417 days ago · 123 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1141 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2411 days ago · 233 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.571 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2407 days ago · 102 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.4156 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2406 days ago · 123 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.194 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2397 days ago · 151 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2396 days ago · 101 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3131 km N of Calama, Chile · 2392 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.366 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2392 days ago · 118 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2383 days ago · 143 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.263 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2376 days ago · 114 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.1146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2369 days ago · 134 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.290 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2368 days ago · 131 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007rhe (also filed as iscgem617511917). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:08 AM UTC.