M4.0 earthquake 154 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 154 km NE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jan 1, 2014, 8:08 AM GMT-3 (11:08 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 84 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-01-01 11:08:41 UTC
- Depth
- 121.3 km (75.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.302° S, 68.082° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.52
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 18
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.584 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4652 days ago · 190 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0120 km N of Calama, Chile · 4647 days ago · 122 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2110 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4616 days ago · 181 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.379 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4616 days ago · 131 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3138 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4608 days ago · 157 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.182 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4597 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.2128 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4658 days ago · 147 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.6142 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4660 days ago · 124 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.169 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4661 days ago · 131 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4662 days ago · 131 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1163 km N of Calama, Chile · 4663 days ago · 124 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.182 km N of Calama, Chile · 4669 days ago · 120 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.484 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4673 days ago · 128 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4132 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4681 days ago · 158 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000m2wd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:55 AM UTC.