M5.0 earthquake 24 km NNW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 24 km NNW of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jan 29, 2014, 3:26 PM GMT-3 (18:26 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 16 km NE 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
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-01-29 18:26:48 UTC
- Depth
- 92.7 km (57.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.251° S, 69.010° 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
- ±0.14
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.146 km E of Tocopilla, Chile · 4617 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.235 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4616 days ago · 105 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.379 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4614 days ago · 131 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.532 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 4614 days ago · 114 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.616 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4614 days ago · 100 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 7
- 4.921 km E of Calama, Chile · 4610 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.014 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4606 days ago · 99 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.182 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4596 days ago · 129 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.639 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4586 days ago · 118 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.134 km N of Calama, Chile · 4575 days ago · 122 km deep · 12 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000mqef. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC.