Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 19 km WSW of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Calama, Chile on Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 10:20 AM GMT-3 (13:20 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 44 km ESE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-17 13:20:20 UTC
Depth
98.7 km (61.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.534° S, 69.091° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 351°, dip 58°, rake -122°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 220°, dip 44°, rake -50°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Stations used
0

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.519 km E of Calama, Chile · 4545 days ago · 115 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.228 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4534 days ago · 143 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.277 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4531 days ago · 130 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.437 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4528 days ago · 97 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.128 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4525 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 4.168 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4521 days ago · 117 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.360 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4520 days ago · 123 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.290 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4510 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.167 km WSW of Calama, Chile · 4503 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.744 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4491 days ago · 144 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 4.117 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4490 days ago · 112 km deep · 34 km away

Before

  1. 4.175 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4553 days ago · 138 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.581 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4554 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.134 km N of Calama, Chile · 4574 days ago · 122 km deep · 44 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000pnsu. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC.