M4.2 earthquake 35 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 35 km NE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Mar 5, 2025, 10:59 PM GMT-3 (01:59 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 57 km NE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-06 01:59:07 UTC
- Depth
- 108.8 km (67.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.259° S, 68.651° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.354 km S of Calama, Chile · 573 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.339 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 567 days ago · 133 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.672 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 566 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.147 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 555 days ago · 106 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.133 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 555 days ago · 121 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.460 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 550 days ago · 119 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.857 km NE of Calama, Chile · 546 days ago · 113 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.223 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 546 days ago · 111 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.459 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 546 days ago · 114 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.257 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 539 days ago · 133 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.513 km NE of Calama, Chile · 535 days ago · 118 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 4.669 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 527 days ago · 128 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.273 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 525 days ago · 120 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 522 days ago · 133 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.234 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 521 days ago · 108 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.347 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 520 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.062 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 517 days ago · 124 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.648 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 516 days ago · 113 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.328 km E of Calama, Chile · 579 days ago · 115 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.469 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 580 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.141 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 586 days ago · 114 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.159 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 591 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.136 km NE of Calama, Chile · 599 days ago · 115 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 603 days ago · 130 km deep · 15 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000px4z. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:09 AM UTC.