M4.4 earthquake 64 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 64 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Thu, Mar 8, 2018, 1:41 PM GMT-3 (16:41 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 39 km E 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-08 16:41:56 UTC
- Depth
- 122.2 km (75.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.998° S, 69.144° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 70
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3101 km S of Calama, Chile · 3120 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.551 km E of Calama, Chile · 3112 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.519 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3104 days ago · 101 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.18 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3098 days ago · 109 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.939 km E of Calama, Chile · 3083 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d1j5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:20 AM UTC.