M4.1 earthquake 66 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 66 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Dec 20, 2024, 6:43 PM GMT-3 (21:43 UTC), 118 km (73 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-20 21:43:28 UTC
- Depth
- 118.0 km (73.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.917° S, 68.648° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- 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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.369 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 649 days ago · 113 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.363 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 645 days ago · 108 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.737 km NE of Calama, Chile · 644 days ago · 116 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.114 km S of Calama, Chile · 640 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 6.184 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 638 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 54
- 4.561 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 638 days ago · 128 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 632 days ago · 123 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.128 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 629 days ago · 143 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.135 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 629 days ago · 130 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.065 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 621 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.260 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 620 days ago · 116 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.737 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 620 days ago · 117 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 4.341 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 616 days ago · 134 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.278 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 612 days ago · 117 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.460 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 609 days ago · 119 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.227 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 605 days ago · 144 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 604 days ago · 130 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.338 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 603 days ago · 139 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.165 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 602 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.136 km NE of Calama, Chile · 600 days ago · 115 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.225 km E of Calama, Chile · 653 days ago · 111 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.959 km NE of Calama, Chile · 658 days ago · 95 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
- 3.942 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 661 days ago · 128 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.234 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 665 days ago · 126 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.326 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 666 days ago · 106 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.346 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 676 days ago · 124 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.348 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 676 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.849 km E of Calama, Chile · 678 days ago · 115 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000p0hl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.