M4.2 earthquake 51 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 51 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Sep 29, 2025, 2:40 PM GMT-3 (17:40 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 2025-09-29 17:40:17 UTC
- Depth
- 108.2 km (67.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.010° S, 68.795° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 23
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 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 366 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.385 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 364 days ago · 105 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.268 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 362 days ago · 121 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.355 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 353 days ago · 118 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.869 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 352 days ago · 116 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 347 days ago · 123 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.349 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 339 days ago · 121 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.051 km NE of Calama, Chile · 331 days ago · 122 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.070 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 327 days ago · 141 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.343 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 325 days ago · 129 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.049 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 315 days ago · 119 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.262 km NE of Calama, Chile · 310 days ago · 122 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.051 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 310 days ago · 114 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.273 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 309 days ago · 120 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.553 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 308 days ago · 118 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.443 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 307 days ago · 145 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.646 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 368 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.455 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 369 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.257 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 372 days ago · 136 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.341 km N of Calama, Chile · 372 days ago · 103 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.739 km N of Calama, Chile · 372 days ago · 102 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.149 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 373 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.548 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 380 days ago · 122 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.152 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 385 days ago · 134 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.260 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 392 days ago · 139 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.115 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 395 days ago · 122 km deep · 42 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rdma. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC.