M4.0 earthquake 29 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 29 km E of Calama, Chile on Mon, Sep 8, 2014, 8:46 AM GMT-3 (11:46 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 14 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-08 11:46:27 UTC
- Depth
- 104.4 km (64.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.453° S, 68.636° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.3 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.680 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4384 days ago · 119 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.674 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 4380 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.140 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4378 days ago · 167 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.034 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4371 days ago · 127 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.014 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4370 days ago · 120 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.273 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4370 days ago · 190 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.467 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4369 days ago · 129 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.252 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4369 days ago · 131 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.126 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4367 days ago · 109 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.036 km E of Calama, Chile · 4349 days ago · 110 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.540 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4347 days ago · 114 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000saaq. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC.