M4.9 earthquake 82 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 82 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 8:04 AM GMT-3 (11:04 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-12 11:04:36 UTC
- Depth
- 117.3 km (72.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.738° S, 68.708° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 2070 days ago · 127 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2136 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2063 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 4.361 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2051 days ago · 135 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2050 days ago · 131 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5150 km N of Calama, Chile · 2050 days ago · 145 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 4.442 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2042 days ago · 122 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.1156 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2089 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.845 km E of Calama, Chile · 2091 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0134 km N of Calama, Chile · 2103 days ago · 132 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2106 days ago · 135 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 4.229 km E of Calama, Chile · 2107 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.249 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2111 days ago · 118 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.055 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2112 days ago · 121 km deep · 30 km away
- 6.075 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2118 days ago · 114 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 38
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d7pn. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC.