M4.4 earthquake 149 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 149 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Sat, Jan 30, 2016, 3:53 PM GMT-4 (19:53 UTC), 173 km (108 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 106 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina. 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-30 19:53:15 UTC
- Depth
- 173.0 km (107.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.924° S, 67.207° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3898 days ago · 116 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.7106 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 3888 days ago · 190 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6102 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3839 days ago · 190 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.7146 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3839 days ago · 216 km deep · 3 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004w2b. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:50 AM UTC.