M4.4 earthquake 117 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 117 km N of Calama, Chile on Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 6:23 AM GMT-3 (09:23 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 148 km N 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
- 2014-09-10 09:23:27 UTC
- Depth
- 120.7 km (75.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.404° S, 68.752° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6148 km N of Calama, Chile · 4401 days ago · 132 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.680 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4384 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4371 days ago · 145 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.467 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4369 days ago · 129 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.126 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4367 days ago · 109 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2157 km N of Calama, Chile · 4359 days ago · 120 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.0145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4359 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4356 days ago · 140 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.085 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4348 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.540 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4347 days ago · 114 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sazx. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.