M4.1 earthquake 152 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 152 km N of Calama, Chile on Wed, Dec 15, 2021, 11:10 AM GMT-3 (14:10 UTC), 136 km (85 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 113 km ESE 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-15 14:10:29 UTC
- Depth
- 136.5 km (84.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.094° S, 68.722° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 38
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 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1752 days ago · 112 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.657 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1751 days ago · 126 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.486 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1749 days ago · 107 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5145 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1742 days ago · 167 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2143 km N of Calama, Chile · 1740 days ago · 114 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.7131 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1735 days ago · 138 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2146 km N of Calama, Chile · 1732 days ago · 119 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1727 days ago · 149 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2162 km N of Calama, Chile · 1725 days ago · 110 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1723 days ago · 119 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.0130 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1722 days ago · 151 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1717 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.8120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1716 days ago · 108 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1715 days ago · 115 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1713 days ago · 148 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1713 days ago · 133 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1709 days ago · 131 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.199 km N of Calama, Chile · 1701 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.0118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1701 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1697 days ago · 93 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 22
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1695 days ago · 116 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1693 days ago · 125 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.2152 km N of Calama, Chile · 1754 days ago · 106 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.5120 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1755 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1135 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1756 days ago · 116 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1762 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1773 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 18
- 4.2117 km N of Calama, Chile · 1775 days ago · 119 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1776 days ago · 132 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0138 km N of Calama, Chile · 1777 days ago · 117 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.6163 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1779 days ago · 115 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 7
- 4.355 km N of Calama, Chile · 1782 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gce7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:13 AM UTC.