Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 88 km NE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 88 km NE of Calama, Chile on Fri, May 2, 2014, 8:46 AM GMT-4 (12:46 UTC), 117 km (73 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
4.4 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-05-02 12:46:12 UTC
Depth
117.0 km (72.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.812° S, 68.418° 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
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 112°, dip 43°, rake -144°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 354°, dip 66°, rake -53°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
41°
Stations used
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.277 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4531 days ago · 130 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.0109 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4528 days ago · 114 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.437 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4528 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.128 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4525 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.168 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4521 days ago · 117 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 4.360 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4520 days ago · 123 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 4.0133 km N of Calama, Chile · 4511 days ago · 122 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 4500 days ago · 134 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.744 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4491 days ago · 144 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.117 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4490 days ago · 112 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.497 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4489 days ago · 132 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.3137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4483 days ago · 129 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.1127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4483 days ago · 142 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 4.7156 km N of Calama, Chile · 4482 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 4.2154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4534 days ago · 134 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 4543 days ago · 140 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.519 km E of Calama, Chile · 4546 days ago · 115 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.4147 km N of Calama, Chile · 4552 days ago · 133 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.6150 km N of Calama, Chile · 4552 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.175 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4553 days ago · 138 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.4145 km N of Calama, Chile · 4555 days ago · 127 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.293 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4557 days ago · 117 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000q6ya. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC.