M4.4 earthquake 45 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 45 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile on Wed, Mar 5, 2014, 9:26 PM GMT-3 (00:26 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 14 km SW of Tocopilla, 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
- 2014-03-06 00:26:35 UTC
- Depth
- 50.9 km (31.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.451° S, 69.977° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.724 km NW of Tocopilla, Chile · 4576 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.714 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 4562 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 4.619 km WSW of Calama, Chile · 4549 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000n3sz. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:07 PM UTC.