Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 19 km ESE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 19 km ESE of Calama, Chile on Fri, May 30, 2025, 5:16 AM GMT-4 (09:16 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 40 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
2025-05-30 09:16:27 UTC
Depth
111.2 km (69.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.542° S, 68.756° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
68°
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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.183 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 477 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.337 km NE of Calama, Chile · 474 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.581 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 466 days ago · 122 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.435 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 466 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.228 km E of Calama, Chile · 452 days ago · 109 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.440 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 446 days ago · 154 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.231 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 441 days ago · 111 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 4.545 km S of Calama, Chile · 439 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 4.367 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 438 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 5.240 km NE of Calama, Chile · 435 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
  11. 4.453 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 434 days ago · 113 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 4.668 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 491 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.157 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 491 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.145 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 494 days ago · 115 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 4.252 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 494 days ago · 99 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.530 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 497 days ago · 121 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.485 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 512 days ago · 91 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 514 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.648 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 515 days ago · 113 km deep · 53 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qgui. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:45 AM UTC.