M4.4 earthquake 155 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 155 km N of Calama, Chile on Sat, Oct 14, 2017, 8:48 PM GMT-3 (23:48 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 125 km ESE of Iquique, 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
- 2017-10-14 23:48:37 UTC
- Depth
- 120.3 km (74.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.053° S, 68.810° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 30°
- Stations used
- 60
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2105 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3252 days ago · 122 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5146 km N of Calama, Chile · 3249 days ago · 107 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.0155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3245 days ago · 134 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.084 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3244 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7125 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3238 days ago · 110 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.558 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3238 days ago · 117 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3236 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3235 days ago · 105 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3233 days ago · 133 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2152 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3220 days ago · 190 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.489 km N of Calama, Chile · 3216 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 3275 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3279 days ago · 123 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2128 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3279 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.7131 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3291 days ago · 116 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.8124 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3298 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ascr. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.