M4.7 earthquake 37 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 37 km NE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Dec 27, 2024, 3:15 PM GMT-3 (18:15 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 84 km NNW 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
- 4.7 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-27 18:15:39 UTC
- Depth
- 115.7 km (71.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.218° S, 68.658° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.7 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 329°, dip 61°, rake -83°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 133°, dip 29°, rake -103°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 92
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.114 km S of Calama, Chile · 640 days ago · 109 km deep · 50 km away
- 6.184 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 638 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 54
- 4.561 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 638 days ago · 128 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 632 days ago · 123 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.135 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 629 days ago · 130 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.260 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 620 days ago · 116 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.737 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 620 days ago · 117 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 4.437 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 613 days ago · 108 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 604 days ago · 130 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.136 km NE of Calama, Chile · 600 days ago · 115 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.159 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 592 days ago · 110 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.141 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 587 days ago · 114 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.363 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 645 days ago · 108 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 651 days ago · 118 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.225 km E of Calama, Chile · 653 days ago · 111 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.959 km NE of Calama, Chile · 658 days ago · 95 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
- 3.942 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 661 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.326 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 666 days ago · 106 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pfyg. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.