M4.7 earthquake 98 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 98 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Tue, May 26, 2026, 8:41 PM GMT-4 (00:41 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 53 km SSW 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-05-27 00:41:51 UTC
- Depth
- 97.3 km (60.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.308° S, 69.212° 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 III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.336 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 94 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 76 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.692 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 69 days ago · 123 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.853 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 69 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.473 km S of Calama, Chile · 69 days ago · 100 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000snrd. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC.