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M5.2 earthquake 78 km NE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 78 km NE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Nov 23, 2023, 12:37 PM GMT-3 (15:37 UTC), 105 km (66 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Nov 23, 2023, 12:37 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2023-11-23 15:37:08 UTC
Depth: 105.4 km (65.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 21.926° S, 68.425° W
Region: Chile
Felt reports: 4
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.2	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.068 · 21 stations
5.2	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed
5.2	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS, automatic first solution	First automatic solution · Confirmed

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Moment magnitude: 5.2 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 115°, dip 52°, rake 176°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 207°, dip 87°, rake 38°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 6.1 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 31°
Stations used: 150

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lqa1 (also filed as usauto6000lqa1). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC.