M4.2 earthquake 23 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 23 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Apr 4, 2025, 5:29 AM GMT-3 (08:29 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 69 km NNE 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
- 2025-04-04 08:29:02 UTC
- Depth
- 110.5 km (68.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.247° S, 68.877° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- Stations used
- 19
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
- 4.459 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 546 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.257 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 539 days ago · 133 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.513 km NE of Calama, Chile · 535 days ago · 118 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 4.669 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 528 days ago · 128 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 4.273 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 525 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 522 days ago · 133 km deep · 72 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 · 521 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.062 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 517 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.648 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 516 days ago · 113 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 515 days ago · 114 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.238 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 512 days ago · 144 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.396 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 509 days ago · 96 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.530 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 497 days ago · 121 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.252 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 495 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.145 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 494 days ago · 115 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.668 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 492 days ago · 124 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.319 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 491 days ago · 111 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 4.857 km NE of Calama, Chile · 547 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.460 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 550 days ago · 119 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.147 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 556 days ago · 106 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.672 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 567 days ago · 118 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.354 km S of Calama, Chile · 574 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.235 km NE of Calama, Chile · 576 days ago · 109 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q3wf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:07 PM UTC.