M4.4 earthquake 143 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 143 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Sep 7, 2019, 11:52 PM GMT-4 (03:52 UTC), 134 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 67 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
- 2019-09-08 03:52:53 UTC
- Depth
- 134.4 km (83.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.224° S, 68.507° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 51
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
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2579 days ago · 120 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.365 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2572 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2571 days ago · 139 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2570 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2562 days ago · 99 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2560 days ago · 110 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.767 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2553 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 16
- 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2543 days ago · 107 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.5131 km N of Calama, Chile · 2529 days ago · 120 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4148 km N of Calama, Chile · 2525 days ago · 110 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2525 days ago · 132 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2522 days ago · 108 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 4.2147 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2581 days ago · 154 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3127 km N of Calama, Chile · 2583 days ago · 135 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.5154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2599 days ago · 114 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2600 days ago · 124 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2608 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005dbt. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC.