M4.4 earthquake 109 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 109 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 11:35 AM GMT-3 (14:35 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 106 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
- 2019-02-25 14:35:59 UTC
- Depth
- 110.1 km (68.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.499° S, 68.655° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2774 days ago · 129 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2774 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.330 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2771 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2761 days ago · 119 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3121 km N of Calama, Chile · 2758 days ago · 126 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.2148 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2754 days ago · 131 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.363 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2748 days ago · 113 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2746 days ago · 126 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2740 days ago · 120 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2737 days ago · 130 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5142 km N of Calama, Chile · 2721 days ago · 124 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.3106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2717 days ago · 146 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 4
Before
- 4.5160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2786 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.0106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2791 days ago · 115 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 4.7106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2791 days ago · 137 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1136 km N of Calama, Chile · 2793 days ago · 123 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2798 days ago · 139 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jmuy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.