Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 28 km E of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 28 km E of Calama, Chile on Sun, Mar 2, 2025, 2:59 AM GMT-3 (05:59 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 57 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-03-02 05:59:05 UTC
Depth
115.2 km (71.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.432° S, 68.652° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.235 km NE of Calama, Chile · 575 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 4.354 km S of Calama, Chile · 573 days ago · 113 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.672 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 566 days ago · 118 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.147 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 556 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 4.133 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 555 days ago · 121 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.460 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 550 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.857 km NE of Calama, Chile · 547 days ago · 113 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.223 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 546 days ago · 111 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 4.459 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 546 days ago · 114 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.257 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 539 days ago · 133 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.513 km NE of Calama, Chile · 535 days ago · 118 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.669 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 527 days ago · 128 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 522 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 4.234 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 521 days ago · 108 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 4.347 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 520 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 4.469 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 580 days ago · 123 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.266 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 582 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 4.141 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 586 days ago · 114 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.159 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 591 days ago · 110 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.136 km NE of Calama, Chile · 599 days ago · 115 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 604 days ago · 130 km deep · 34 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pweg. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:26 AM UTC.