M4.1 earthquake 50 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 50 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Tue, May 14, 2024, 10:31 PM GMT-4 (02:31 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 45 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, 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
- 2024-05-15 02:31:39 UTC
- Depth
- 129.2 km (80.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.079° S, 68.657° 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, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.247 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 867 days ago · 110 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.072 km NE of Calama, Chile · 866 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.475 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 862 days ago · 125 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.576 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 858 days ago · 125 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.145 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 855 days ago · 98 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 9
- 4.216 km N of Calama, Chile · 855 days ago · 122 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 847 days ago · 123 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.227 km S of Calama, Chile · 847 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.175 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 844 days ago · 188 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.568 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 841 days ago · 109 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.215 km E of Calama, Chile · 841 days ago · 103 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.151 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 840 days ago · 132 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.245 km S of Calama, Chile · 831 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.645 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 829 days ago · 100 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.421 km SSE of Ollagüe, Chile · 828 days ago · 175 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.153 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 825 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.255 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 824 days ago · 146 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.345 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 823 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 4.225 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 821 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.365 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 819 days ago · 127 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.065 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 816 days ago · 138 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 4.324 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 873 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.219 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 879 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.081 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 887 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
- 4.564 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 889 days ago · 109 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.446 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 890 days ago · 139 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.146 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 897 days ago · 122 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000myn6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC.