M4.4 earthquake 104 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 104 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile on Wed, Aug 2, 1995, 2:27 AM GMT-4 (06:27 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 50 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-08-02 06:27:31 UTC
- Depth
- 30.4 km (18.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.365° S, 71.061° 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.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.341 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.041 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.365 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.038 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.451 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.650 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.654 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.920 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.542 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11373 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.263 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11372 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.186 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11372 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.270 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11372 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.990 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11371 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.644 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11371 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.393 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11368 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.065 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11367 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.221 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11367 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.466 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11359 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.536 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11359 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.398 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11350 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.269 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11344 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.661 km N of Taltal, Chile · 11339 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.571 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11334 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.347 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11315 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.331 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11375 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.364 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11376 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.832 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11376 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.189 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11376 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.396 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11376 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.140 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11376 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.775 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11376 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.269 km NW of Taltal, Chile · 11376 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.673 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11376 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.358 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.444 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.470 km NNW of Taltal, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.681 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.291 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11377 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.025 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11378 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.351 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11378 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.0Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 11378 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.492 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11378 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.366 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11378 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8102 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11378 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00071b8. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC.