M4.3 earthquake 36 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 36 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jun 27, 2026, 8:50 AM GMT-4 (12:50 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 78 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-06-27 12:50:52 UTC
- Depth
- 108.9 km (67.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.755° S, 69.068° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.352 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 75 days ago · 98 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 69 days ago · 118 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.853 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 69 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.473 km S of Calama, Chile · 68 days ago · 100 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.178 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 64 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 4.231 km NE of Calama, Chile · 53 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.629 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 38 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 4.453 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 94 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.325 km NE of Calama, Chile · 94 days ago · 114 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.337 km NE of Calama, Chile · 96 days ago · 110 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.432 km N of Calama, Chile · 96 days ago · 116 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.019 km NE of Calama, Chile · 97 days ago · 122 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.334 km NE of Calama, Chile · 102 days ago · 106 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.446 km NE of Calama, Chile · 106 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.252 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 122 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000t8p4. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:58 AM UTC.