Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 31 km NE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 31 km NE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Aug 7, 2026, 3:22 AM GMT-4 (07:22 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 33 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2026-08-07 07:22:26 UTC
Depth
109.0 km (67.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.226° S, 68.746° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
60°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 since this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.355 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 43 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.629 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 35 days ago · 105 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.747 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 31 days ago · 122 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 4.536 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 23 days ago · 131 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.833 km NE of Calama, Chile · 21 days ago · 116 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 4.250 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 21 days ago · 122 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.762 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 19 days ago · 111 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 4.221 km E of Calama, Chile · 18 days ago · 120 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 4.259 km NE of María Elena, Chile · 9 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 4.638 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 7 days ago · 111 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.358 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 5 days ago · 111 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 4.465 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 9 hr ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 4.434 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 57 days ago · 140 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 67 days ago · 118 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.352 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 73 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tiwd. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:24 AM UTC.