M4.1 earthquake 64 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 64 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 11:42 PM GMT-3 (02:42 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 78 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
- 2023-10-09 02:42:22 UTC
- Depth
- 98.9 km (61.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.942° S, 68.640° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1084 days ago · 136 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.441 km E of Calama, Chile · 1080 days ago · 133 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.334 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1080 days ago · 121 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.476 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1075 days ago · 134 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.944 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1073 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.172 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1072 days ago · 109 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.672 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1063 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4Antofagasta, Chile · 1062 days ago · 103 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.468 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1061 days ago · 141 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.759 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1059 days ago · 114 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.238 km S of Calama, Chile · 1055 days ago · 103 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1055 days ago · 132 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.759 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1055 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.545 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1054 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.526 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1051 days ago · 135 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1047 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
- 4.153 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1045 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.565 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1044 days ago · 96 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 4.281 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1043 days ago · 121 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.556 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1040 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.278 km N of Calama, Chile · 1037 days ago · 103 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 4.454 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1094 days ago · 139 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.574 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1099 days ago · 122 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.230 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1102 days ago · 107 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.359 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1102 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.354 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1108 days ago · 126 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4Antofagasta, Chile · 1109 days ago · 122 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.253 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1109 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.373 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1117 days ago · 124 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.456 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 1119 days ago · 115 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.240 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1121 days ago · 131 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.222 km SSE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1122 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000le5b. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.