M4.8 earthquake 30 km NNW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 30 km NNW of Calama, Chile on Mon, Feb 16, 2026, 6:24 PM GMT-3 (21:24 UTC), 102 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 43 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
- 4.8 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-16 21:24:57 UTC
- Depth
- 102.3 km (63.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.224° S, 69.086° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 232°, dip 42°, rake -41°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 355°, dip 64°, rake -124°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.3 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.670 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 226 days ago · 108 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.975 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 214 days ago · 107 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 4.248 km SSE of María Elena, Chile · 192 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.470 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 183 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.339 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 182 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.575 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 180 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.179 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 233 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.243 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 235 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.838 km N of Calama, Chile · 239 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.564 km SW of Calama, Chile · 240 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.544 km E of Calama, Chile · 252 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s9kw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC.