M4.1 earthquake 45 km ENE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 45 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Mon, May 26, 2025, 9:06 AM GMT-4 (13:06 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 40 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
- 2025-05-26 13:06:48 UTC
- Depth
- 114.9 km (71.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.265° S, 68.529° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 23
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 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.668 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 494 days ago · 124 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.319 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 493 days ago · 111 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.183 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 481 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.337 km NE of Calama, Chile · 477 days ago · 113 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.365 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 476 days ago · 160 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.354 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 470 days ago · 133 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.581 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 470 days ago · 122 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.435 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 470 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.228 km E of Calama, Chile · 455 days ago · 109 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.440 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 450 days ago · 154 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.570 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 449 days ago · 164 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.243 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 446 days ago · 126 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.231 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 444 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.545 km S of Calama, Chile · 442 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.240 km NE of Calama, Chile · 439 days ago · 106 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
- 4.453 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 438 days ago · 113 km deep · 7 km away
Before
- 4.252 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 497 days ago · 99 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.530 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 500 days ago · 121 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.396 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 511 days ago · 96 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.238 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 514 days ago · 144 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 517 days ago · 114 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.488 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 519 days ago · 177 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.648 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 519 days ago · 113 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.062 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 520 days ago · 124 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.347 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 523 days ago · 110 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.234 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 524 days ago · 108 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 525 days ago · 133 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000q1jb. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC.