M4.4 earthquake 43 km ESE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 5:31 PM GMT-3 (20:31 UTC), 135 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 90 km NE 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
- 2018-11-25 20:31:00 UTC
- Depth
- 135.3 km (84.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.541° S, 68.508° 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, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.990 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2853 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.940 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2852 days ago · 114 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.176 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2842 days ago · 106 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.692 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2840 days ago · 143 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.635 km N of Calama, Chile · 2838 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.271 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2831 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.479 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 2831 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.533 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2831 days ago · 107 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.283 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2823 days ago · 128 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.222 km SW of Calama, Chile · 2814 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.533 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2869 days ago · 122 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.332 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 2875 days ago · 122 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.553 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2883 days ago · 170 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.577 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2886 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.828 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2891 days ago · 98 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.360 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2895 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 4.521 km E of Calama, Chile · 2896 days ago · 110 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hwfw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC.