M4.4 earthquake 75 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 75 km NE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Aug 31, 2015, 3:54 PM GMT-3 (18:54 UTC), 120 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 71 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, 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
- 2015-08-31 18:54:08 UTC
- Depth
- 119.6 km (74.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.903° S, 68.489° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.291 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4035 days ago · 138 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.060 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4034 days ago · 102 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4030 days ago · 127 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1138 km N of Calama, Chile · 4023 days ago · 114 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.325 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4003 days ago · 109 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 3998 days ago · 125 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.771 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3996 days ago · 156 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.164 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3992 days ago · 114 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4047 days ago · 137 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.483 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4048 days ago · 126 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.693 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4054 days ago · 120 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.068 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4055 days ago · 115 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.171 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4072 days ago · 133 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.233 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4076 days ago · 104 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003f68. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:37 PM UTC.