M4.5 earthquake 95 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 95 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Dec 14, 2009, 6:34 PM GMT-3 (21:34 UTC), 136 km (85 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 139 km NE 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
- 4.5 (M), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2009-12-14 21:34:31 UTC
- Depth
- 136.2 km (84.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.632° S, 68.666° 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 usp000h51t. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 28
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9139 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6134 days ago · 103 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.757 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6122 days ago · 121 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.326 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6099 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6086 days ago · 203 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3101 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6085 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1132 km N of Calama, Chile · 6081 days ago · 122 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 4.284 km N of Calama, Chile · 6140 days ago · 109 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.332 km N of Calama, Chile · 6140 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.863 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6145 days ago · 121 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6Chile-Bolivia border region · 6166 days ago · 149 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4139 km N of Calama, Chile · 6166 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000h51t. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:47 AM UTC.