M4.1 earthquake 36 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 36 km NE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 2:06 PM GMT-3 (17:06 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 57 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
- 4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-10 17:06:16 UTC
- Depth
- 115.5 km (71.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.246° S, 68.656° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.1 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 319°, dip 76°, rake -93°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 150°, dip 15°, rake -80°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.9 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.159 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 591 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.141 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 586 days ago · 114 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.469 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 580 days ago · 123 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.328 km E of Calama, Chile · 579 days ago · 115 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.235 km NE of Calama, Chile · 575 days ago · 109 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.354 km S of Calama, Chile · 573 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.339 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 567 days ago · 133 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.672 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 566 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.147 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 556 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.460 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 550 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.857 km NE of Calama, Chile · 547 days ago · 113 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.223 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 546 days ago · 111 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.459 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 546 days ago · 114 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 604 days ago · 130 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.437 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 612 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.737 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 619 days ago · 117 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.260 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 619 days ago · 116 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.135 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 628 days ago · 130 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pcnr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:25 AM UTC.