Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 45 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 45 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jan 27, 2024, 8:21 PM GMT-3 (23:21 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 43 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-01-27 23:21:00 UTC
Depth
118.1 km (73.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.082° S, 68.733° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
44°
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 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.130 km SW of Calama, Chile · 979 days ago · 119 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.241 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 973 days ago · 150 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.456 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 962 days ago · 122 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.439 km NE of Calama, Chile · 959 days ago · 115 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.843 km NE of Calama, Chile · 952 days ago · 110 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.658 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 949 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.347 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 948 days ago · 130 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.444 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 946 days ago · 158 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.18 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 943 days ago · 135 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.027 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 942 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.453 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 942 days ago · 115 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 4.250 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 941 days ago · 133 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 4.448 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 939 days ago · 125 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 4.616 km E of Calama, Chile · 939 days ago · 127 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 4.474 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 982 days ago · 125 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 5.067 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 983 days ago · 121 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.333 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 984 days ago · 116 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 5.341 km NE of Calama, Chile · 984 days ago · 113 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.475 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 999 days ago · 136 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.330 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1000 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.364 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1004 days ago · 129 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.569 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1005 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.445 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1007 days ago · 117 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000luf8. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:13 AM UTC.