Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 50 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 50 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Jun 11, 2023, 4:35 PM GMT-4 (20:35 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 26 km SE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-06-11 20:35:23 UTC
Depth
105.6 km (65.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.019° S, 68.780° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 328°, dip 63°, rake -82°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 131°, dip 29°, rake -105°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.0 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
41°
Stations used
116

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.221 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1208 days ago · 128 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.826 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1203 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.847 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1197 days ago · 134 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1196 days ago · 137 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1189 days ago · 110 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.012 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1186 days ago · 134 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1186 days ago · 107 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1180 days ago · 111 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 4.354 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1170 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.066 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1166 days ago · 124 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.338 km SE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1165 days ago · 134 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 4.123 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1162 days ago · 131 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 4.5Antofagasta, Chile · 1160 days ago · 115 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 4.217 km NW of Calama, Chile · 1159 days ago · 128 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 4.356 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1159 days ago · 132 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 4.142 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1157 days ago · 127 km deep · 25 km away

Before

  1. 4.468 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1211 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.283 km N of María Elena, Chile · 1212 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.468 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1223 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.072 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1228 days ago · 134 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.544 km E of Calama, Chile · 1231 days ago · 123 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.056 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1231 days ago · 131 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.053 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1233 days ago · 111 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.261 km N of Calama, Chile · 1238 days ago · 140 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k7w6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC.