M4.2 earthquake 84 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 84 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Thu, Mar 9, 2023, 6:30 PM GMT-3 (21:30 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 69 km S 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-09 21:30:00 UTC
- Depth
- 96.6 km (60.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.107° S, 69.351° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.669 km S of Calama, Chile · 1296 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.433 km S of Calama, Chile · 1292 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.551 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1290 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 4.142 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1262 days ago · 123 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.340 km ESE of Mejillones, Chile · 1253 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.419 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1247 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.590 km S of María Elena, Chile · 1308 days ago · 92 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1311 days ago · 84 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.312 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1315 days ago · 113 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.157 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1319 days ago · 104 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1108 km S of Calama, Chile · 1322 days ago · 99 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000jimb. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC.