M4.5 earthquake 51 km SSE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 51 km SSE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Mar 25, 2023, 4:30 AM GMT-3 (07:30 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2023-03-25 07:30:14 UTC
- Depth
- 116.0 km (72.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.905° S, 68.798° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.0 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 93
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.142 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1262 days ago · 123 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.419 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1246 days ago · 112 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.544 km E of Calama, Chile · 1231 days ago · 123 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 4.433 km S of Calama, Chile · 1292 days ago · 111 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.669 km S of Calama, Chile · 1295 days ago · 98 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.441 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1303 days ago · 113 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.284 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 1304 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.590 km S of María Elena, Chile · 1307 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1311 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1313 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.312 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1315 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 4.157 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1319 days ago · 104 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000jmn5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC.