M4.1 earthquake 59 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 59 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Tue, Feb 18, 2025, 11:40 AM GMT-3 (14:40 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 98 km S 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-18 14:40:58 UTC
- Depth
- 109.7 km (68.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.982° S, 69.042° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.141 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 586 days ago · 114 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.266 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 582 days ago · 98 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.328 km E of Calama, Chile · 579 days ago · 115 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.235 km NE of Calama, Chile · 575 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
- 6.098 km S of Calama, Chile · 575 days ago · 96 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 36
- 4.354 km S of Calama, Chile · 573 days ago · 113 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.147 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 556 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.133 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 555 days ago · 121 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.223 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 546 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.513 km NE of Calama, Chile · 535 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pei7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.