M4.3 earthquake 108 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 108 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Tue, May 11, 2021, 10:46 AM GMT-4 (14:46 UTC), 143 km (89 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 49 km ENE 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
- 2021-05-11 14:46:56 UTC
- Depth
- 143.4 km (89.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.565° S, 68.492° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.449 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1970 days ago · 113 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.296 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1968 days ago · 138 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7130 km N of Calama, Chile · 1964 days ago · 119 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 11
- 4.1144 km N of Calama, Chile · 1964 days ago · 123 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.011 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1961 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.249 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1961 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2159 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1960 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1953 days ago · 149 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.083 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1949 days ago · 139 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3134 km N of Calama, Chile · 1948 days ago · 111 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1130 km N of Calama, Chile · 1945 days ago · 129 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.031 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1945 days ago · 114 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5153 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1938 days ago · 118 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1931 days ago · 135 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.398 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1925 days ago · 111 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.924 km E of Calama, Chile · 1924 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1923 days ago · 110 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.0138 km N of Calama, Chile · 1920 days ago · 117 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0150 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1918 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.0119 km N of Calama, Chile · 1918 days ago · 126 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.7147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1913 days ago · 118 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.461 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1912 days ago · 125 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 4.661 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1974 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1975 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 4.448 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1976 days ago · 117 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1983 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 4.183 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1989 days ago · 118 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1992 days ago · 117 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.247 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1993 days ago · 137 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.181 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1994 days ago · 118 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3142 km N of Calama, Chile · 1998 days ago · 137 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5144 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2000 days ago · 176 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
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