M4.4 earthquake 40 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 40 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile on Sat, Sep 9, 1995, 12:33 PM GMT-4 (16:33 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 44 km N 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
- 1995-09-09 16:33:44 UTC
- Depth
- 42.9 km (26.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.412° S, 70.696° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
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 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.331 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11343 days ago · 74 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.571 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11342 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.756 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11332 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.347 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11323 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.848 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11317 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.671 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11311 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.744 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11307 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.137 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11307 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.741 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11307 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.430 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11294 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.438 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11344 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.254 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11345 days ago · 61 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.361 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11347 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.269 km W of Antofagasta, Chile · 11351 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.543 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile · 11353 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.340 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11357 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.645 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11365 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.536 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11366 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.466 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 11367 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.953 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 11367 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.221 km SW of Antofagasta, Chile · 11374 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007355. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:59 AM UTC.