M4.1 earthquake 19 km SE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 19 km SE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Jul 6, 2021, 8:40 PM GMT-4 (00:40 UTC), 109 km (68 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-07 00:40:20 UTC
- Depth
- 108.7 km (67.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.595° S, 68.807° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.461 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1912 days ago · 125 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.986 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1899 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 4.475 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1899 days ago · 139 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.465 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1898 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.037 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1897 days ago · 115 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 5.287 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1882 days ago · 137 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ej8h. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:06 PM UTC.