M4.3 earthquake 61 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 61 km NE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 12:46 AM GMT-3 (03:46 UTC), 135 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 150 km N 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-19 03:46:07 UTC
- Depth
- 135.1 km (83.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.007° S, 68.572° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2050 days ago · 131 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5150 km N of Calama, Chile · 2050 days ago · 145 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.442 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2042 days ago · 122 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3142 km N of Calama, Chile · 1998 days ago · 137 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.181 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1994 days ago · 118 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.247 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1993 days ago · 137 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1992 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000diu6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC.