Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 61 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 61 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Fri, May 7, 2021, 11:01 AM GMT-4 (15:01 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 49 km ENE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-07 15:01:40 UTC
Depth
113.1 km (70.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.928° S, 68.741° 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 II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 222°, dip 23°, rake -34°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 344°, dip 77°, rake -109°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.6 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
43°
Stations used
82

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1970 days ago · 143 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.449 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1970 days ago · 113 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.296 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1968 days ago · 138 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.7130 km N of Calama, Chile · 1964 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 11
  5. 4.1144 km N of Calama, Chile · 1964 days ago · 123 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.011 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1961 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 5.249 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1961 days ago · 115 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.2101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1953 days ago · 149 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 4.083 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1949 days ago · 139 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.3134 km N of Calama, Chile · 1948 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 4.1130 km N of Calama, Chile · 1945 days ago · 129 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.031 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1945 days ago · 114 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1931 days ago · 135 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 4.398 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1925 days ago · 111 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 3.924 km E of Calama, Chile · 1924 days ago · 123 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 4.3134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1923 days ago · 110 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 4.0138 km N of Calama, Chile · 1920 days ago · 117 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 4.0119 km N of Calama, Chile · 1918 days ago · 126 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 4.4140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1975 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.448 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1976 days ago · 117 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.183 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1989 days ago · 118 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.4131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1992 days ago · 117 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.247 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1993 days ago · 137 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.181 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1994 days ago · 118 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.3142 km N of Calama, Chile · 1998 days ago · 137 km deep · 82 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e12z. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.