M4.7 earthquake 42 km ESE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 42 km ESE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 8:51 PM GMT-3 (23:51 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 56 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-12 23:51:25 UTC
- Depth
- 108.0 km (67.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.542° S, 68.522° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 748 days ago · 136 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.376 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 736 days ago · 126 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.562 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 736 days ago · 146 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.251 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 728 days ago · 146 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.071 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 726 days ago · 182 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.323 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 721 days ago · 118 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.464 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 711 days ago · 137 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.056 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 709 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.665 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 706 days ago · 125 km deep · 66 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ndee. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC.