M4.2 earthquake 63 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 63 km NE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 1:22 PM GMT-3 (16:22 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 21 km NE 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
- 2020-03-31 16:22:45 UTC
- Depth
- 114.1 km (70.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.006° S, 68.546° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2369 days ago · 134 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.290 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2368 days ago · 131 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.015 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2357 days ago · 120 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2351 days ago · 123 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.112 km N of Calama, Chile · 2347 days ago · 123 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.334 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2346 days ago · 109 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2343 days ago · 119 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.1154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2339 days ago · 145 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.048 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2337 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.421 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2336 days ago · 107 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 13
- 4.332 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2334 days ago · 109 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2328 days ago · 126 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.148 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 2321 days ago · 109 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.6150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2383 days ago · 143 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.366 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2392 days ago · 118 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3131 km N of Calama, Chile · 2392 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2396 days ago · 101 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.194 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2397 days ago · 151 km deep · 70 km away
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