M4.7 earthquake 10 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 10 km E of Calama, Chile on Mon, May 25, 2026, 6:03 PM GMT-4 (22:03 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 27 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-05-25 22:03:22 UTC
- Depth
- 114.8 km (71.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.472° S, 68.823° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.231 km NE of Calama, Chile · 127 days ago · 112 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.411 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 127 days ago · 120 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.332 km NE of Calama, Chile · 127 days ago · 115 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.220 km NE of Calama, Chile · 127 days ago · 117 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.222 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 126 days ago · 117 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.326 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 126 days ago · 116 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.129 km NE of Calama, Chile · 126 days ago · 116 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.010 km N of Calama, Chile · 126 days ago · 114 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 5.127 km NE of Calama, Chile · 125 days ago · 103 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
- 4.116 km E of Calama, Chile · 125 days ago · 110 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.252 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 122 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.063 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 112 days ago · 128 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.446 km NE of Calama, Chile · 106 days ago · 126 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.334 km NE of Calama, Chile · 102 days ago · 106 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.474 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 99 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.019 km NE of Calama, Chile · 98 days ago · 122 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.432 km N of Calama, Chile · 96 days ago · 116 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.337 km NE of Calama, Chile · 96 days ago · 110 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.325 km NE of Calama, Chile · 95 days ago · 114 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.453 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 94 days ago · 120 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.336 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 94 days ago · 109 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 75 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 69 days ago · 118 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.853 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 69 days ago · 112 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.473 km S of Calama, Chile · 68 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 6.934 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 127 days ago · 109 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 85
- 4.329 km SE of Calama, Chile · 129 days ago · 108 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.769 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 136 days ago · 128 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.353 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 140 days ago · 112 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.646 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 141 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.672 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 150 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000t04w. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.