M4.4 earthquake 135 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 135 km N of Calama, Chile on Sat, Aug 8, 2009, 7:11 AM GMT-4 (11:11 UTC), 131 km (82 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 141 km N of Calama, 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2009-08-08 11:11:20 UTC
- Depth
- 131.2 km (81.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.254° S, 68.697° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000h03g. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1141 km N of Calama, Chile · 6247 days ago · 138 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.1125 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6243 days ago · 105 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.9167 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6233 days ago · 115 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 4.6120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6221 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1155 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6219 days ago · 132 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3155 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6219 days ago · 115 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000h03g. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC.