Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 94 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 94 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 9:31 PM GMT-3 (00:31 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 103 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-01-24 00:31:56 UTC
Depth
120.1 km (74.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.719° S, 68.469° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5119 km N of Calama, Chile · 3900 days ago · 111 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 4.0112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3900 days ago · 131 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 4.6103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3894 days ago · 116 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.1121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3892 days ago · 126 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 4.698 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3892 days ago · 117 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.189 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3880 days ago · 137 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 4.1110 km N of Calama, Chile · 3878 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.4119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3874 days ago · 140 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 3.9121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3867 days ago · 134 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 4.221 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3853 days ago · 128 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 4.575 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3851 days ago · 121 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.2139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3850 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.163 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3904 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 5.0128 km N of Calama, Chile · 3908 days ago · 90 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.360 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3926 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.4119 km N of Calama, Chile · 3929 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.598 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3929 days ago · 124 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004gp4. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC.