M4.1 earthquake 57 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 57 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 1:18 AM GMT-4 (05:18 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 43 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-07-12 05:18:02 UTC
- Depth
- 110.6 km (68.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.954° S, 68.778° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.354 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1170 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.066 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1165 days ago · 124 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.338 km SE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1165 days ago · 134 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5Antofagasta, Chile · 1160 days ago · 115 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.217 km NW of Calama, Chile · 1159 days ago · 128 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.356 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1159 days ago · 132 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.142 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1157 days ago · 127 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.743 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1139 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.244 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 1137 days ago · 168 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.221 km W of Calama, Chile · 1130 days ago · 88 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.222 km SSE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1120 days ago · 110 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1186 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.012 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1186 days ago · 134 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1189 days ago · 110 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.270 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1189 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1196 days ago · 137 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.847 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1197 days ago · 134 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.826 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1203 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 4.221 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1208 days ago · 128 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kf12. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.