M4.3 earthquake 43 km ENE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 43 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Aug 5, 2025, 2:10 PM GMT-4 (18:10 UTC), 142 km (88 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 66 km SSW of Ollagüe, 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
- 2025-08-05 18:10:09 UTC
- Depth
- 142.4 km (88.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.238° S, 68.568° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.766 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 417 days ago · 115 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.239 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 407 days ago · 131 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.247 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 407 days ago · 149 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 405 days ago · 132 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.671 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 403 days ago · 121 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.115 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 396 days ago · 122 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.260 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 393 days ago · 139 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.152 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 386 days ago · 134 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.548 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 381 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.149 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 374 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.739 km N of Calama, Chile · 373 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.341 km N of Calama, Chile · 373 days ago · 103 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.257 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 373 days ago · 136 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.35 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 368 days ago · 153 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.251 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 368 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.268 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 363 days ago · 121 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.659 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 423 days ago · 104 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.454 km NE of Calama, Chile · 425 days ago · 118 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.565 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 426 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.274 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 427 days ago · 122 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.453 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 434 days ago · 113 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.240 km NE of Calama, Chile · 435 days ago · 106 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 4.545 km S of Calama, Chile · 439 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.231 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 441 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.243 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 443 days ago · 126 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.440 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 446 days ago · 154 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.228 km E of Calama, Chile · 452 days ago · 109 km deep · 21 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qydl. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:35 AM UTC.