M4.3 earthquake 54 km S of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 54 km S of Calama, Chile on Sat, Mar 8, 2025, 5:57 AM GMT-3 (08:57 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 13 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-08 08:57:44 UTC
- Depth
- 113.0 km (70.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.946° S, 68.960° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.147 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 556 days ago · 106 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.133 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 556 days ago · 121 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.223 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 547 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.513 km NE of Calama, Chile · 536 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 4.234 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 522 days ago · 108 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 6.098 km S of Calama, Chile · 576 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 36
- 4.235 km NE of Calama, Chile · 576 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.328 km E of Calama, Chile · 580 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.266 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 583 days ago · 98 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.141 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 587 days ago · 114 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.159 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 592 days ago · 110 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.136 km NE of Calama, Chile · 600 days ago · 115 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pxlw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:12 AM UTC.