M4.4 earthquake 95 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 95 km NE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, 4:58 AM GMT-3 (07:58 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 135 km NNE 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
- 2018-04-24 07:58:12 UTC
- Depth
- 129.8 km (80.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.772° S, 68.368° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 31°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.288 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3080 days ago · 120 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.279 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3072 days ago · 163 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.059 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3072 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3100 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3067 days ago · 119 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.5100 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3066 days ago · 147 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.054 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3065 days ago · 120 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1128 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3058 days ago · 203 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3054 days ago · 114 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6111 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3053 days ago · 124 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.255 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3044 days ago · 128 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1120 km N of Calama, Chile · 3043 days ago · 123 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.566 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3042 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3040 days ago · 126 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.0107 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3040 days ago · 223 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3036 days ago · 139 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 3036 days ago · 133 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2123 km N of Calama, Chile · 3034 days ago · 138 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.4153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3083 days ago · 135 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3083 days ago · 136 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.939 km E of Calama, Chile · 3083 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 4.358 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3085 days ago · 116 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.0114 km N of Calama, Chile · 3089 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3093 days ago · 135 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.3153 km N of Calama, Chile · 3095 days ago · 155 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.445 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3097 days ago · 140 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.18 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3098 days ago · 109 km deep · 88 km away
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