M4.6 earthquake 65 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 65 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 6:16 PM GMT-3 (21:16 UTC), 125 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-10-27 21:16:14 UTC
- Depth
- 125.4 km (77.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.954° S, 68.593° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.046 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 705 days ago · 150 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.271 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 699 days ago · 132 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.833 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 696 days ago · 109 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
- 4.475 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 692 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.334 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 688 days ago · 136 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.337 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 687 days ago · 136 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.348 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 684 days ago · 128 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.381 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 684 days ago · 171 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.849 km E of Calama, Chile · 678 days ago · 115 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.348 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 676 days ago · 122 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.346 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 676 days ago · 124 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.326 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 666 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.234 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 664 days ago · 126 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.942 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 661 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.959 km NE of Calama, Chile · 658 days ago · 95 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
- 4.225 km E of Calama, Chile · 653 days ago · 111 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 651 days ago · 118 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.369 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 649 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.347 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 708 days ago · 131 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.056 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 708 days ago · 119 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.464 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 710 days ago · 137 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.071 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 726 days ago · 182 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.251 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 727 days ago · 144 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.251 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 727 days ago · 146 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 729 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nnit. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:05 AM UTC.