M4.2 earthquake 34 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 34 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 7:30 AM GMT-4 (11:30 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 48 km NNE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-04-29 11:30:33 UTC
- Depth
- 108.4 km (67.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.180° S, 68.761° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.347 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 520 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.062 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 517 days ago · 124 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.648 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 516 days ago · 113 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 514 days ago · 114 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.238 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 511 days ago · 144 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.396 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 508 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.530 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 497 days ago · 121 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.252 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 494 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.145 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 494 days ago · 115 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.668 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 491 days ago · 124 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.319 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 490 days ago · 111 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.183 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 478 days ago · 94 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.337 km NE of Calama, Chile · 474 days ago · 113 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.354 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 467 days ago · 133 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.581 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 467 days ago · 122 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.435 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 466 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 522 days ago · 133 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.273 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 525 days ago · 120 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.669 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 527 days ago · 128 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.513 km NE of Calama, Chile · 535 days ago · 118 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 4.257 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 539 days ago · 133 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.459 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 546 days ago · 114 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.223 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 546 days ago · 111 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.857 km NE of Calama, Chile · 547 days ago · 113 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.460 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 550 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pvsr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC.