M4.4 earthquake 37 km ENE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 37 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Wed, May 7, 2014, 11:56 AM GMT-4 (15:56 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 44 km ESE 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-05-07 15:56:23 UTC
- Depth
- 97.0 km (60.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.350° S, 68.574° 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
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 53
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
- 4.128 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4525 days ago · 115 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.168 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4522 days ago · 117 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.360 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4520 days ago · 123 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.744 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4491 days ago · 144 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.117 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4490 days ago · 112 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.497 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4489 days ago · 132 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 4.0109 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4528 days ago · 114 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.277 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4531 days ago · 130 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.488 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4533 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.228 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4534 days ago · 143 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.519 km E of Calama, Chile · 4546 days ago · 115 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.619 km WSW of Calama, Chile · 4548 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.175 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4553 days ago · 138 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.293 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4557 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000r5ee. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:43 PM UTC.