M4.6 earthquake 82 km SW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 82 km SW of Calama, Chile on Mon, Feb 24, 2020, 9:49 PM GMT-3 (00:49 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-25 00:49:41 UTC
- Depth
- 75.9 km (47.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.050° S, 69.402° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 203°, dip 69°, rake 127°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 319°, dip 42°, rake 33°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.2 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 200
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.682 km E of Antofagasta, Chile · 2402 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 4.015 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2357 days ago · 120 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007w7n. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.