M4.1 earthquake 14 km S of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 14 km S of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jan 1, 2025, 5:08 AM GMT-3 (08:08 UTC), 109 km (68 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
- 2025-01-01 08:08:31 UTC
- Depth
- 109.1 km (67.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.590° S, 68.934° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.184 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 638 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 54
- 4.260 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 619 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.437 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 612 days ago · 108 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 604 days ago · 130 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.136 km NE of Calama, Chile · 599 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.159 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 591 days ago · 110 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.141 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 587 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.266 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 582 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.469 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 581 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.328 km E of Calama, Chile · 580 days ago · 115 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.737 km NE of Calama, Chile · 644 days ago · 116 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 651 days ago · 118 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.225 km E of Calama, Chile · 653 days ago · 111 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.959 km NE of Calama, Chile · 658 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 4.326 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 666 days ago · 106 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pgti. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:12 PM UTC.