Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 140 km N of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 140 km N of Calama, Chile on Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 8:10 AM GMT-3 (11:10 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 99 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2014-11-16 11:10:45 UTC
Depth
112.2 km (69.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.193° S, 68.783° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.8 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.299 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4331 days ago · 126 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.472 km N of Calama, Chile · 4331 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.1132 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4329 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.9146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4326 days ago · 116 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.0127 km N of Calama, Chile · 4319 days ago · 125 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 4307 days ago · 100 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.571 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4306 days ago · 123 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.7126 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4305 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.2123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4305 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 4.464 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4305 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 3.8120 km N of Calama, Chile · 4304 days ago · 110 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.8135 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4303 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.5162 km N of Calama, Chile · 4303 days ago · 126 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 4.2119 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 4289 days ago · 184 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.089 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4287 days ago · 130 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 4.8126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4281 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  17. 5.599 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4280 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 4.0150 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4278 days ago · 175 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 4.2140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4278 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 4.274 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4277 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.5139 km N of Calama, Chile · 4337 days ago · 134 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 5.693 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4341 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.085 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4348 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.2152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4357 days ago · 140 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 4.0145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4359 days ago · 111 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 4.2157 km N of Calama, Chile · 4359 days ago · 120 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 3.9117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4365 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000sxtr. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.