M4.1 earthquake 47 km SSE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 47 km SSE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Mar 25, 2025, 7:50 PM GMT-3 (22:50 UTC), 106 km (66 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-25 22:50:57 UTC
- Depth
- 105.5 km (65.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.828° S, 68.699° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.133 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 555 days ago · 121 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.857 km NE of Calama, Chile · 547 days ago · 113 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.223 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 546 days ago · 111 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.257 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 539 days ago · 133 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.513 km NE of Calama, Chile · 535 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.234 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 521 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.648 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 516 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.485 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 513 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.530 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 497 days ago · 121 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 4.354 km S of Calama, Chile · 573 days ago · 113 km deep · 30 km away
- 6.098 km S of Calama, Chile · 575 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 36
- 4.235 km NE of Calama, Chile · 576 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.328 km E of Calama, Chile · 579 days ago · 115 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.266 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 582 days ago · 98 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pmm6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC.