M4.0 earthquake 27 km ESE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 27 km ESE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Mar 5, 2024, 8:35 PM GMT-3 (23:35 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 16 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-05 23:35:37 UTC
- Depth
- 122.5 km (76.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.524° S, 68.671° 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 3.6 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.616 km E of Calama, Chile · 940 days ago · 127 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.126 km E of Calama, Chile · 917 days ago · 113 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.258 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 916 days ago · 140 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.212 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 913 days ago · 116 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.275 km N of Calama, Chile · 907 days ago · 119 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.446 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 891 days ago · 139 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.564 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 889 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 4.18 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 944 days ago · 135 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.444 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 947 days ago · 158 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.347 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 949 days ago · 130 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.658 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 950 days ago · 86 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 4.843 km NE of Calama, Chile · 953 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.439 km NE of Calama, Chile · 960 days ago · 115 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.456 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 963 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m3la. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.