M4.2 earthquake 28 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 28 km E of Calama, Chile on Mon, Jul 7, 2025, 12:38 AM GMT-4 (04:38 UTC), 109 km (68 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-07-07 04:38:48 UTC
- Depth
- 109.1 km (67.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.413° S, 68.655° 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, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.440 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 446 days ago · 154 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.231 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 441 days ago · 111 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.545 km S of Calama, Chile · 439 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.367 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 438 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.240 km NE of Calama, Chile · 435 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
- 4.453 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 434 days ago · 113 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.274 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 427 days ago · 122 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.565 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 426 days ago · 108 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.454 km NE of Calama, Chile · 425 days ago · 118 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.659 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 423 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.343 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 423 days ago · 142 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.766 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 417 days ago · 115 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.247 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 407 days ago · 149 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 405 days ago · 132 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.671 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 403 days ago · 121 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.115 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 396 days ago · 122 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.260 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 393 days ago · 139 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.435 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 466 days ago · 116 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.581 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 466 days ago · 122 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.354 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 467 days ago · 133 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.365 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 473 days ago · 160 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.337 km NE of Calama, Chile · 474 days ago · 113 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.183 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 477 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qb34. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC.