M4.1 earthquake 154 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 154 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, May 6, 2020, 6:51 PM GMT-4 (22:51 UTC), 145 km (90 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-06 22:51:24 UTC
- Depth
- 145.3 km (90.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.133° S, 68.468° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 28
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2328 days ago · 126 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1Tarapaca, Chile · 2327 days ago · 103 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3152 km N of Calama, Chile · 2326 days ago · 104 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2127 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2323 days ago · 198 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.675 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2316 days ago · 137 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4120 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2316 days ago · 114 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 4.0122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2315 days ago · 124 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.0114 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2311 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.389 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2310 days ago · 137 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.091 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2310 days ago · 138 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2306 days ago · 119 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2296 days ago · 153 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.383 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2288 days ago · 124 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 4.284 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2343 days ago · 119 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0129 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2350 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2351 days ago · 123 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 2366 days ago · 114 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 4.290 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2369 days ago · 131 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2370 days ago · 134 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009bfq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:02 PM UTC.