M4.3 earthquake 37 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 37 km NE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 9:30 AM GMT-4 (13:30 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 40 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
- 2025-06-15 13:30:09 UTC
- Depth
- 113.4 km (70.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.250° S, 68.631° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.365 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 473 days ago · 160 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.354 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 467 days ago · 133 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.581 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 467 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.435 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 467 days ago · 116 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.228 km E of Calama, Chile · 453 days ago · 109 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.440 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 447 days ago · 154 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.243 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 443 days ago · 126 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.231 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 441 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.545 km S of Calama, Chile · 439 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.240 km NE of Calama, Chile · 436 days ago · 106 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 4
- 4.453 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 435 days ago · 113 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.274 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 428 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.565 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 427 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.454 km NE of Calama, Chile · 425 days ago · 118 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.659 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 424 days ago · 104 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.343 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 423 days ago · 142 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.766 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 417 days ago · 115 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 4.183 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 478 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.319 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 490 days ago · 111 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.668 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 491 days ago · 124 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.145 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 494 days ago · 115 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.252 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 495 days ago · 99 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.530 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 497 days ago · 121 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qkfl. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:49 PM UTC.