M4.1 earthquake 144 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 144 km N of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jul 23, 2014, 5:00 PM GMT-4 (21:00 UTC), 130 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-07-23 21:00:47 UTC
- Depth
- 129.5 km (80.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.174° S, 68.687° 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
- ±0.18
- Stations used
- 0
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4428 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.382 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 4427 days ago · 90 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.259 km N of Calama, Chile · 4422 days ago · 129 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4418 days ago · 114 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4117 km N of Calama, Chile · 4402 days ago · 121 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.6148 km N of Calama, Chile · 4401 days ago · 132 km deep · 6 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000rwq1. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:41 AM UTC.