M4.3 earthquake 53 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 53 km NE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jul 24, 2024, 7:12 PM GMT-4 (23:12 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 42 km ESE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-07-24 23:12:44 UTC
- Depth
- 130.4 km (81.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.068° S, 68.619° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.272 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 796 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.659 km NE of Calama, Chile · 791 days ago · 121 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.559 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 782 days ago · 125 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.219 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 779 days ago · 129 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.620 km W of Calama, Chile · 768 days ago · 89 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.137 km NE of Calama, Chile · 762 days ago · 122 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.453 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 758 days ago · 120 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.155 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 755 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.047 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 752 days ago · 125 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.742 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 751 days ago · 108 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 748 days ago · 136 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.334 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 748 days ago · 140 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.140 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 746 days ago · 150 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.459 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 744 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 4.451 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 809 days ago · 138 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.915 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 811 days ago · 131 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.98 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 812 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 4.065 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 816 days ago · 138 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.365 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 818 days ago · 127 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.225 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 821 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.345 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 823 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 4.255 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 824 days ago · 146 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.153 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 824 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.421 km SSE of Ollagüe, Chile · 827 days ago · 175 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.645 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 829 days ago · 100 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.245 km S of Calama, Chile · 831 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nfg9. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC.