M4.2 earthquake 25 km ESE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 25 km ESE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Jul 5, 2024, 5:06 PM GMT-4 (21:06 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 59 km NE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-07-05 21:06:43 UTC
- Depth
- 115.3 km (71.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.557° S, 68.702° 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, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.365 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 818 days ago · 127 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.065 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 815 days ago · 138 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.451 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 809 days ago · 138 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.353 km NE of Calama, Chile · 801 days ago · 130 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.659 km NE of Calama, Chile · 791 days ago · 121 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.158 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 785 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.620 km W of Calama, Chile · 768 days ago · 89 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.137 km NE of Calama, Chile · 762 days ago · 122 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 5.345 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 823 days ago · 99 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 4.245 km S of Calama, Chile · 831 days ago · 95 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.215 km E of Calama, Chile · 841 days ago · 103 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.568 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 841 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.175 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 843 days ago · 188 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.227 km S of Calama, Chile · 847 days ago · 111 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 847 days ago · 123 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mxc3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:47 AM UTC.