M4.2 earthquake 67 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 67 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 12:45 AM GMT-3 (03:45 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 75 km W 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-10-19 03:45:08 UTC
- Depth
- 122.7 km (76.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.935° S, 68.595° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.349 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 339 days ago · 121 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.051 km NE of Calama, Chile · 331 days ago · 122 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.070 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 326 days ago · 141 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.343 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 325 days ago · 129 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.049 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 315 days ago · 119 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.727 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 311 days ago · 136 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.262 km NE of Calama, Chile · 310 days ago · 122 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.051 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 310 days ago · 114 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.273 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 309 days ago · 120 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.553 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 308 days ago · 118 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.443 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 307 days ago · 145 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.347 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 305 days ago · 110 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.239 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 304 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.444 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 301 days ago · 123 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.342 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 296 days ago · 117 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.475 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 292 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 15
- 4.122 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 291 days ago · 142 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.278 km N of Calama, Chile · 290 days ago · 96 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.061 km NE of Calama, Chile · 289 days ago · 118 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 4.869 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 352 days ago · 116 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.355 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 353 days ago · 118 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.268 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 362 days ago · 121 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.385 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 363 days ago · 105 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 365 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.251 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 366 days ago · 108 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.646 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 368 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.455 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 369 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.257 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 371 days ago · 136 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.341 km N of Calama, Chile · 372 days ago · 103 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.739 km N of Calama, Chile · 372 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ri3k. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.