M4.5 earthquake 75 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 75 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Feb 27, 2023, 5:52 PM GMT-3 (20:52 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 161 km N 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
- 2023-02-27 20:52:36 UTC
- Depth
- 121.3 km (75.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.811° S, 68.690° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Chile-Bolivia border region · 1314 days ago · 123 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1314 days ago · 135 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.171 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1313 days ago · 141 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1313 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.169 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1311 days ago · 127 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.358 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1306 days ago · 128 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.420 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1304 days ago · 126 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.441 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1303 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.4161 km N of Calama, Chile · 1288 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 14
- 4.094 km NNE of María Elena, Chile · 1272 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.255 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1272 days ago · 123 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.443 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1272 days ago · 123 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1271 days ago · 110 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.875 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1266 days ago · 123 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.448 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1255 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.312 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1315 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.366 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1318 days ago · 124 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.155 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1320 days ago · 133 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.237 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1324 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6Antofagasta, Chile · 1326 days ago · 125 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.461 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1327 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.482 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1330 days ago · 133 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.4120 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1331 days ago · 148 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.374 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1333 days ago · 131 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.2113 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1335 days ago · 131 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 1336 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1343 days ago · 127 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3137 km N of Calama, Chile · 1343 days ago · 116 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000jg3i. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:56 AM UTC.