M4.2 earthquake 75 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 75 km N of Calama, Chile on Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:29 AM GMT-4 (06:29 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 19 km SSW of Ollagüe, 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
- 2024-04-11 06:29:25 UTC
- Depth
- 118.9 km (73.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.779° S, 68.937° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.431 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 905 days ago · 131 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.185 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 904 days ago · 116 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.350 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 903 days ago · 147 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.298 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 902 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.146 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 897 days ago · 122 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.564 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 889 days ago · 109 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.081 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 887 days ago · 102 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 7
- 4.579 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 886 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.367 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 882 days ago · 112 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.219 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 879 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.324 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 873 days ago · 110 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 873 days ago · 129 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.247 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 867 days ago · 110 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.072 km NE of Calama, Chile · 866 days ago · 106 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.475 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 862 days ago · 125 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.576 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 858 days ago · 125 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.145 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 855 days ago · 98 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 9
- 4.216 km N of Calama, Chile · 855 days ago · 122 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 847 days ago · 123 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 3.625 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 910 days ago · 145 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.212 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 912 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.258 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 916 days ago · 140 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.126 km E of Calama, Chile · 916 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.575 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 918 days ago · 116 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.147 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 918 days ago · 136 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.340 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 925 days ago · 144 km deep · 76 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mbbv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.