M4.2 earthquake 60 km NNE of Calama, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 1:06 PM GMT-3

UTC

2025-01-21 16:06:15 UTC

Depth

116.0 km (72.1 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

21.986° S, 68.619° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.9 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

44°

Stations used

30

• Calama, ChilePopulation 166,334. Forecast61 kmNNE
• La Paz, BoliviaPopulation 2,004,652. Forecast612 kmS

After

1. 4.737 km WSW of Ollagüe, ChileTue, Jan 21, 1:58 PM GMT-3 · 619 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
2. 4.341 km W of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Jan 25, 10:13 AM GMT-3 · 615 days ago · 134 km deep · 81 km away
3. 4.437 km SSW of Calama, ChileTue, Jan 28, 9:26 AM GMT-3 · 612 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
4. 4.460 km W of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Feb 1, 8:28 AM GMT-3 · 608 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
5. 4.227 km W of Ollagüe, ChileTue, Feb 4, 10:18 PM GMT-3 · 605 days ago · 144 km deep · 90 km away
6. 4.346 km NE of Calama, ChileWed, Feb 5, 8:08 PM GMT-3 · 604 days ago · 130 km deep · 16 km away
7. 4.338 km WNW of Ollagüe, ChileFri, Feb 7, 7:00 AM GMT-3 · 602 days ago · 139 km deep · 99 km away
8. 4.165 km W of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Feb 8, 2:19 AM GMT-3 · 602 days ago · 129 km deep · 98 km away
9. 4.136 km NE of Calama, ChileMon, Feb 10, 2:06 PM GMT-3 · 599 days ago · 115 km deep · 29 km away
10. 4.141 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, ChileSun, Feb 23, 1:44 AM GMT-3 · 587 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
11. 4.469 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Mar 1, 4:15 AM GMT-3 · 580 days ago · 123 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
12. 4.328 km E of Calama, ChileSun, Mar 2, 2:59 AM GMT-3 · 580 days ago · 115 km deep · 50 km away
13. 4.235 km NE of Calama, ChileWed, Mar 5, 10:59 PM GMT-3 · 576 days ago · 109 km deep · 30 km away
14. 4.232 km W of Ollagüe, ChileTue, Mar 11, 12:03 AM GMT-3 · 571 days ago · 131 km deep · 85 km away
15. 4.339 km WSW of Ollagüe, ChileFri, Mar 14, 8:36 AM GMT-3 · 567 days ago · 133 km deep · 68 km away
16. 4.672 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Mar 15, 12:36 AM GMT-3 · 567 days ago · 118 km deep · 21 km away

Before

1. 4.065 km W of Ollagüe, ChileMon, Jan 20, 6:24 AM GMT-3 · 620 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
2. 4.135 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Jan 11, 10:10 PM GMT-3 · 629 days ago · 130 km deep · 57 km away
3. 4.128 km W of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Jan 11, 9:13 PM GMT-3 · 629 days ago · 143 km deep · 82 km away
4. 4.461 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileThu, Jan 9, 4:24 AM GMT-3 · 631 days ago · 123 km deep · 31 km away
5. 4.561 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileFri, Jan 3, 6:55 AM GMT-3 · 637 days ago · 128 km deep · 32 km away
6. 6.184 km NNW of Calama, ChileThu, Jan 2, 5:43 PM GMT-3 · 638 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 54
7. 4.114 km S of Calama, ChileWed, Jan 1, 5:08 AM GMT-3 · 639 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
8. 4.737 km NE of Calama, ChileFri, Dec 27, 3:15 PM GMT-3 · 644 days ago · 116 km deep · 26 km away
9. 4.363 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileFri, Dec 27, 8:49 AM GMT-3 · 644 days ago · 108 km deep · 32 km away
10. 4.369 km W of Ollagüe, ChileMon, Dec 23, 6:22 AM GMT-3 · 648 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000plfl. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC.