M4.1 earthquake 62 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 62 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 6:15 PM GMT-3 (21:15 UTC), 132 km (82 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
- 2023-11-15 21:15:10 UTC
- Depth
- 132.3 km (82.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.942° S, 68.668° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.759 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1054 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.545 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1053 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.526 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1050 days ago · 135 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1046 days ago · 105 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
- 4.153 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1044 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.565 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1043 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 4.281 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1042 days ago · 121 km deep · 77 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 · 25 km away
- 4.644 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1019 days ago · 113 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.323 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1011 days ago · 135 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.445 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1008 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.569 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1005 days ago · 114 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.364 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1005 days ago · 129 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.330 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1000 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.475 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1000 days ago · 136 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.125 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 995 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.238 km S of Calama, Chile · 1054 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.759 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1058 days ago · 114 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.468 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1060 days ago · 141 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4Antofagasta, Chile · 1061 days ago · 103 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.672 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1062 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.172 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1071 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.944 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1072 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.476 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1074 days ago · 134 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.334 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1079 days ago · 121 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.441 km E of Calama, Chile · 1080 days ago · 133 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1084 days ago · 136 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lnp8. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:52 PM UTC.