M4.3 earthquake 119 km E of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 119 km E of Antofagasta, Chile on Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 2:36 AM GMT-3 (05:36 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 64 km SW 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
- 2025-12-22 05:36:42 UTC
- Depth
- 96.0 km (59.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.565° S, 69.233° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.083 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 265 days ago · 119 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.564 km SW of Calama, Chile · 240 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2105 km E of Antofagasta, Chile · 225 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rwff. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:19 AM UTC.