M3.9 earthquake 24 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 24 km E of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 3:30 PM GMT-4 (19:30 UTC), 123 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 87 km NE 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
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-26 19:30:50 UTC
- Depth
- 123.4 km (76.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.429° S, 68.686° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.119 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1914 days ago · 109 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.461 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1912 days ago · 125 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.391 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1906 days ago · 129 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.690 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1904 days ago · 147 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.986 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1899 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 4.475 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1899 days ago · 139 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.037 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1897 days ago · 115 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 5.287 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1882 days ago · 137 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 8
Before
- 4.398 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1925 days ago · 111 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1931 days ago · 135 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.031 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1945 days ago · 114 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.083 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1949 days ago · 139 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1953 days ago · 149 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000eq1x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:22 PM UTC.