M4.3 earthquake 134 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 134 km N of Calama, Chile on Sun, Nov 15, 2020, 7:05 AM GMT-3 (10:05 UTC), 128 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 115 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-15 10:05:09 UTC
- Depth
- 127.5 km (79.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.244° S, 68.999° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.283 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2143 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.172 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2143 days ago · 126 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4135 km N of Calama, Chile · 2142 days ago · 125 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3156 km N of Calama, Chile · 2137 days ago · 151 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.165 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2134 days ago · 138 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2104 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2133 days ago · 138 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2132 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2130 days ago · 116 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2115 km N of Calama, Chile · 2128 days ago · 118 km deep · 29 km away
- 6.1115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2127 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 104
- 4.6145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2124 days ago · 119 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5107 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2123 days ago · 114 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
- 4.3149 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2119 days ago · 104 km deep · 50 km away
- 6.075 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2119 days ago · 114 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 38
- 4.3144 km SW of Colchani, Bolivia · 2117 days ago · 185 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.055 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2112 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.249 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2112 days ago · 118 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2106 days ago · 135 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0134 km N of Calama, Chile · 2104 days ago · 132 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3114 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2093 days ago · 96 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1156 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2090 days ago · 106 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.982 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2090 days ago · 117 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.8117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2149 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 23
- 4.598 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2160 days ago · 140 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.590 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2163 days ago · 120 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2164 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 4.086 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 2166 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 3.983 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 2171 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cf8p. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC.