M4.4 earthquake 89 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 89 km N of Calama, Chile on Sun, Dec 10, 2017, 10:52 AM GMT-3 (13:52 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 148 km N 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
- 2017-12-10 13:52:52 UTC
- Depth
- 114.1 km (70.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.659° S, 68.794° 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, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5148 km N of Calama, Chile · 3206 days ago · 138 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3202 days ago · 126 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5138 km N of Calama, Chile · 3196 days ago · 119 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3192 days ago · 141 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.5113 km N of Calama, Chile · 3182 days ago · 119 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.387 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3181 days ago · 119 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3171 days ago · 120 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.422 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3170 days ago · 117 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3163 days ago · 146 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.2152 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3220 days ago · 190 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.961 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3229 days ago · 122 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3233 days ago · 133 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.558 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3238 days ago · 117 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.084 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3244 days ago · 123 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.0155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3246 days ago · 134 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c2l4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:26 AM UTC.