M4.3 earthquake 144 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 144 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile on Sun, Feb 23, 2025, 8:07 PM GMT-3 (23:07 UTC), 102 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 98 km S 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
- 2025-02-23 23:07:34 UTC
- Depth
- 102.2 km (63.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 24.024° S, 69.033° 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, 9.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.266 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 583 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3169 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile · 578 days ago · 98 km deep · 53 km away
- 6.098 km S of Calama, Chile · 576 days ago · 96 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 36
- 4.1188 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 536 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pfpf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:14 AM UTC.