M4.0 earthquake 70 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 70 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 12:48 PM GMT-3 (15:48 UTC), 141 km (87 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-11-08 15:48:23 UTC
- Depth
- 140.7 km (87.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.901° S, 68.585° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- 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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.343 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 325 days ago · 129 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.049 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 316 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.727 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 312 days ago · 136 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.262 km NE of Calama, Chile · 311 days ago · 122 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.051 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 310 days ago · 114 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.273 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 309 days ago · 120 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.553 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 308 days ago · 118 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.443 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 307 days ago · 145 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.347 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 306 days ago · 110 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.239 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 304 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.444 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 301 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.342 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 296 days ago · 117 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.475 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 292 days ago · 90 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 15
- 4.122 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 291 days ago · 142 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.278 km N of Calama, Chile · 290 days ago · 96 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.061 km NE of Calama, Chile · 289 days ago · 118 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.178 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 286 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.247 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 284 days ago · 129 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.818 km NNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 282 days ago · 129 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.318 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 281 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.045 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 280 days ago · 149 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.351 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 279 days ago · 128 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.634 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 279 days ago · 108 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.053 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 278 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.757 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 272 days ago · 132 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 4.051 km NE of Calama, Chile · 332 days ago · 122 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.349 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 339 days ago · 121 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 347 days ago · 123 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.869 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 352 days ago · 116 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.178 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 352 days ago · 111 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.355 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 353 days ago · 118 km deep · 17 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rm9k. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC.