M4.2 earthquake 45 km S of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 45 km S of Calama, Chile on Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 12:21 PM GMT-4 (16:21 UTC), 95 km (59 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-06-25 16:21:54 UTC
- Depth
- 95.3 km (59.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.872° S, 68.908° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.454 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 825 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 5.345 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 823 days ago · 99 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
- 4.066 km E of Mejillones, Chile · 822 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.225 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 821 days ago · 115 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.451 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 809 days ago · 138 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.353 km NE of Calama, Chile · 802 days ago · 130 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.659 km NE of Calama, Chile · 791 days ago · 121 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.158 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 786 days ago · 117 km deep · 18 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n843. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC.