Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 96 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 96 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, May 13, 2021, 11:37 PM GMT-4 (03:37 UTC), 138 km (86 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
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-14 03:37:45 UTC
Depth
137.8 km (85.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.665° S, 68.525° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.3 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
62°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7130 km N of Calama, Chile · 1964 days ago · 119 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 11
  2. 4.1144 km N of Calama, Chile · 1964 days ago · 123 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.011 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1961 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 5.249 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1961 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.2159 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1960 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.2101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1953 days ago · 149 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.083 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1949 days ago · 139 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 4.3134 km N of Calama, Chile · 1948 days ago · 111 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.1130 km N of Calama, Chile · 1945 days ago · 129 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.031 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1945 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 4.5153 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1938 days ago · 118 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  12. 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1931 days ago · 135 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.398 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1925 days ago · 111 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 3.924 km E of Calama, Chile · 1924 days ago · 123 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 4.3134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1923 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 4.0138 km N of Calama, Chile · 1920 days ago · 117 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 4.0150 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1918 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 4.0119 km N of Calama, Chile · 1918 days ago · 126 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 4.7147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1913 days ago · 118 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.461 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1912 days ago · 125 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 4.449 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1970 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.3108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1970 days ago · 143 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.661 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1974 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.4140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1975 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.448 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1976 days ago · 117 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.2158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1983 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.183 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1989 days ago · 118 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.4131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1992 days ago · 117 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 4.247 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1993 days ago · 137 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.181 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1994 days ago · 118 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e2z1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.