M4.4 earthquake 47 km SSE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 47 km SSE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Feb 7, 2020, 1:00 PM GMT-3 (16:00 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 82 km SW 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
- 2020-02-07 16:00:42 UTC
- Depth
- 124.5 km (77.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.865° S, 68.774° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.135 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 2424 days ago · 89 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.682 km SW of Calama, Chile · 2413 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.263 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2377 days ago · 114 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007kwy. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC.