M4.5 earthquake 150 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 150 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Mar 5, 2014, 5:29 PM GMT-3 (20:29 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 150 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-03-05 20:29:00 UTC
- Depth
- 129.8 km (80.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.185° S, 68.402° 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
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.293 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4562 days ago · 117 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4145 km N of Calama, Chile · 4560 days ago · 127 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.175 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4558 days ago · 138 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6150 km N of Calama, Chile · 4557 days ago · 113 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4147 km N of Calama, Chile · 4557 days ago · 133 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 4548 days ago · 140 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4539 days ago · 134 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.488 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4538 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.277 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4536 days ago · 130 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000nbgt. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:14 PM UTC.