M4.2 earthquake 38 km S of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 38 km S of Calama, Chile on Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 1:31 PM GMT-3 (16:31 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 14 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-15 16:31:28 UTC
- Depth
- 103.0 km (64.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.797° S, 68.854° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1054 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.278 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 1052 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.647 km S of Calama, Chile · 1048 days ago · 107 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.714 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1031 days ago · 135 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.440 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1029 days ago · 130 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.759 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1058 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.443 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1059 days ago · 96 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.621 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1061 days ago · 125 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4Antofagasta, Chile · 1062 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.364 km SW of Calama, Chile · 1079 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.334 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1080 days ago · 121 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.441 km E of Calama, Chile · 1080 days ago · 133 km deep · 48 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lnjc. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:56 AM UTC.