M4.6 earthquake 20 km W of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 20 km W of Calama, Chile on Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 2:02 AM GMT-4 (06:02 UTC), 89 km (55 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
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-27 06:02:29 UTC
- Depth
- 88.7 km (55.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.463° S, 69.127° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 77
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.137 km NE of Calama, Chile · 761 days ago · 122 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.742 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 750 days ago · 108 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 747 days ago · 136 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.464 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 710 days ago · 137 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.221 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile · 708 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nn0u. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.