M4.8 earthquake 88 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 88 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Aug 14, 1983, 3:40 AM GMT-4 (07:40 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-08-14 07:40:52 UTC
- Depth
- 126.6 km (78.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.752° S, 68.528° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Antofagasta, Chile · 15746 days ago · 127 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3139 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 15734 days ago · 143 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 15724 days ago · 95 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.8127 km NE of Calama, Chile · 15703 days ago · 117 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 4.884 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 15764 days ago · 109 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.431 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 15769 days ago · 162 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 15773 days ago · 130 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.556 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 15781 days ago · 126 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.859 km NE of Calama, Chile · 15783 days ago · 130 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001xnw. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC.