M4.5 earthquake 64 km SW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 64 km SW of Calama, Chile on Tue, Feb 3, 2026, 1:40 PM GMT-3 (16:40 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 38 km N 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-03 16:40:00 UTC
- Depth
- 77.0 km (47.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.892° S, 69.347° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.838 km N of Calama, Chile · 239 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.243 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 234 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.830 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 226 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2105 km E of Antofagasta, Chile · 225 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.162 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 209 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.248 km SSE of María Elena, Chile · 192 days ago · 88 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s65w. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:47 AM UTC.