M4.5 earthquake 39 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 39 km E of Calama, Chile on Wed, Nov 24, 2021, 4:46 PM GMT-3 (19:46 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 38 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
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-24 19:46:49 UTC
- Depth
- 111.9 km (69.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.485° S, 68.537° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.434 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1771 days ago · 125 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.357 km W of Calama, Chile · 1769 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5120 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1756 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.657 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1752 days ago · 126 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.486 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1749 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.738 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1744 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.661 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1731 days ago · 184 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.322 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1730 days ago · 125 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1727 days ago · 149 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.170 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 1724 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.043 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 1719 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.349 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1718 days ago · 183 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.237 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1715 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.134 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1715 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fwv4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.