M4.3 earthquake 26 km ESE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 26 km ESE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 5:33 AM GMT-3 (08:33 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 84 km NNW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-06 08:33:48 UTC
- Depth
- 106.0 km (65.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.509° S, 68.675° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.959 km NE of Calama, Chile · 659 days ago · 95 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
- 4.225 km E of Calama, Chile · 654 days ago · 111 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 652 days ago · 118 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.363 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 646 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.737 km NE of Calama, Chile · 646 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.114 km S of Calama, Chile · 641 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
- 6.184 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 639 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 54
- 4.561 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 639 days ago · 128 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 633 days ago · 123 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.260 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 621 days ago · 116 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.437 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 614 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 4.271 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 676 days ago · 113 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.849 km E of Calama, Chile · 679 days ago · 115 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.272 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 682 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.381 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 685 days ago · 171 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.531 km SE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 687 days ago · 134 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nwhs. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:56 AM UTC.