M4.3 earthquake 52 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 52 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 10:09 PM GMT-4 (02:09 UTC), 98 km (61 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
- 2026-07-16 02:09:51 UTC
- Depth
- 97.7 km (60.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.868° S, 69.172° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 70 days ago · 118 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.853 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 70 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.473 km S of Calama, Chile · 69 days ago · 100 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.178 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 65 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
- 4.231 km NE of Calama, Chile · 54 days ago · 109 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.629 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 39 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.422 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 27 days ago · 139 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.923 km NE of Calama, Chile · 24 days ago · 118 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.287 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 22 days ago · 100 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.221 km E of Calama, Chile · 21 days ago · 120 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.336 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 95 days ago · 109 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.325 km NE of Calama, Chile · 95 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.337 km NE of Calama, Chile · 97 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.432 km N of Calama, Chile · 97 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.019 km NE of Calama, Chile · 99 days ago · 122 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.334 km NE of Calama, Chile · 103 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000t0v3. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:53 AM UTC.