M4.2 earthquake 72 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 72 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 9:26 PM GMT-3 (00:26 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 49 km E 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-11-21 00:26:47 UTC
- Depth
- 98.5 km (61.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.091° S, 69.076° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.849 km E of Calama, Chile · 678 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.271 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 676 days ago · 113 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.326 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 667 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.225 km E of Calama, Chile · 654 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.114 km S of Calama, Chile · 641 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000p6nj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC.