M4.2 earthquake 27 km S of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 27 km S of Calama, Chile on Sun, Jun 9, 2024, 12:17 PM GMT-4 (16:17 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 45 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, 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
- 2024-06-09 16:17:03 UTC
- Depth
- 111.0 km (69.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.705° S, 68.967° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.215 km E of Calama, Chile · 841 days ago · 103 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.245 km S of Calama, Chile · 831 days ago · 95 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.345 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 823 days ago · 99 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
- 4.225 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 821 days ago · 115 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.365 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 818 days ago · 127 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.065 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 816 days ago · 138 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.451 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 809 days ago · 138 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.353 km NE of Calama, Chile · 802 days ago · 130 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.659 km NE of Calama, Chile · 791 days ago · 121 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.216 km N of Calama, Chile · 855 days ago · 122 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.072 km NE of Calama, Chile · 866 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.247 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 867 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.239 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 871 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 872 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.324 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 873 days ago · 110 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mrd8. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC.