M4.4 earthquake 67 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 67 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Oct 12, 2014, 7:17 PM GMT-3 (22:17 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 93 km NNE 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
- 2014-10-12 22:17:50 UTC
- Depth
- 128.9 km (80.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.937° S, 68.578° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- 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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.126 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4367 days ago · 109 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4356 days ago · 140 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.036 km E of Calama, Chile · 4350 days ago · 110 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.540 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4348 days ago · 114 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.693 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4341 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
- 4.5139 km N of Calama, Chile · 4337 days ago · 134 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1140 km N of Calama, Chile · 4335 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.299 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4331 days ago · 126 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.472 km N of Calama, Chile · 4331 days ago · 103 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.335 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4320 days ago · 101 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.0127 km N of Calama, Chile · 4319 days ago · 125 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.273 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4370 days ago · 190 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4371 days ago · 145 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.034 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4371 days ago · 127 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.140 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4378 days ago · 167 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.680 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4384 days ago · 119 km deep · 14 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000slee. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.