M4.8 earthquake 45 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 45 km E of Calama, Chile on Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 7:11 PM GMT-3 (22:11 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 82 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
- 4.8 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-10 22:11:08 UTC
- Depth
- 105.1 km (65.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.489° S, 68.479° 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
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 322°, dip 74°, rake -74°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 96°, dip 23°, rake -134°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.7 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 32°
- Stations used
- 137
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.982 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2089 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 4.361 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2052 days ago · 135 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.471 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2046 days ago · 172 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.336 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2043 days ago · 134 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.442 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2042 days ago · 122 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 3.953 km SW of Calama, Chile · 2033 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.259 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2095 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.036 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 2100 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.366 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2105 days ago · 192 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.229 km E of Calama, Chile · 2107 days ago · 111 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.249 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2111 days ago · 118 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.9Antofagasta, Chile · 2112 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 4.055 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2112 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.348 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2116 days ago · 166 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.120 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2118 days ago · 130 km deep · 75 km away
- 6.075 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2118 days ago · 114 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 38
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d7ba. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.