Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 127 km N of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 127 km N of Calama, Chile on Mon, Dec 1, 2014, 10:01 PM GMT-3 (01:01 UTC), 125 km (78 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
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2014-12-02 01:01:26 UTC
Depth
124.8 km (77.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.305° S, 68.817° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 4307 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.571 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4305 days ago · 123 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.7126 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4305 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.2123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4305 days ago · 108 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.464 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4305 days ago · 116 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.8120 km N of Calama, Chile · 4304 days ago · 110 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 4.5162 km N of Calama, Chile · 4302 days ago · 126 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 4.089 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4287 days ago · 130 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 5.599 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4280 days ago · 109 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.0150 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4278 days ago · 175 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.2140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4278 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.274 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4277 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.4141 km N of Calama, Chile · 4265 days ago · 123 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.2126 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4263 days ago · 107 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 4.150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4260 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 4.335 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4320 days ago · 101 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.9146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4326 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.1132 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4329 days ago · 107 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.472 km N of Calama, Chile · 4331 days ago · 103 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 4.299 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4331 days ago · 126 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.1140 km N of Calama, Chile · 4335 days ago · 112 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 4.5139 km N of Calama, Chile · 4336 days ago · 134 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 5.693 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4341 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  9. 4.540 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4347 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.085 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4348 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000t7c0. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:27 AM UTC.