M4.4 earthquake 83 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 83 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Aug 30, 2015, 8:43 AM GMT-3 (11:43 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2015-08-30 11:43:32 UTC
- Depth
- 126.3 km (78.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.781° S, 68.563° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.8 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4047 days ago · 137 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.475 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4047 days ago · 120 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.291 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4035 days ago · 138 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.060 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4034 days ago · 102 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4030 days ago · 127 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.1138 km N of Calama, Chile · 4023 days ago · 114 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.325 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4003 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 3998 days ago · 125 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.164 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3992 days ago · 114 km deep · 19 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003657. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:42 PM UTC.