M4.2 earthquake 25 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 25 km E of Calama, Chile on Thu, Dec 19, 2024, 3:37 AM GMT-3 (06:37 UTC), 111 km (69 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-19 06:37:16 UTC
- Depth
- 110.6 km (68.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.442° S, 68.677° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 18
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 651 days ago · 118 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.363 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 645 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.737 km NE of Calama, Chile · 645 days ago · 116 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.114 km S of Calama, Chile · 640 days ago · 109 km deep · 31 km away
- 6.184 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 638 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 54
- 4.561 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 638 days ago · 128 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 632 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.260 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 620 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.437 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 613 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 604 days ago · 130 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.136 km NE of Calama, Chile · 600 days ago · 115 km deep · 22 km away
Before
- 4.959 km NE of Calama, Chile · 658 days ago · 95 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
- 4.326 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 666 days ago · 106 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.271 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 675 days ago · 113 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.346 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 676 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.849 km E of Calama, Chile · 678 days ago · 115 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.272 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 681 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nzz9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:05 AM UTC.