M4.4 earthquake 42 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 42 km NE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Apr 13, 2016, 4:32 AM GMT-3 (07:32 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 37 km SE of Calama, 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
- 2016-04-13 07:32:28 UTC
- Depth
- 118.9 km (73.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.168° S, 68.655° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.389 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3807 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.147 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3806 days ago · 107 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.1122 km N of Calama, Chile · 3798 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3105 km N of Calama, Chile · 3787 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.737 km SE of Calama, Chile · 3773 days ago · 99 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.265 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3765 days ago · 173 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.0112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3823 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.220 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3829 days ago · 109 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.844 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3835 days ago · 96 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 4.575 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3852 days ago · 121 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005hq2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC.