M4.4 earthquake 61 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 61 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 7:13 PM GMT-4 (23:13 UTC), 125 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 87 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
- 2021-07-08 23:13:16 UTC
- Depth
- 124.7 km (77.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.956° S, 68.658° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.391 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1906 days ago · 129 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.690 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1904 days ago · 147 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.986 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1899 days ago · 104 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 4.475 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1899 days ago · 139 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 4.037 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1897 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3141 km N of Calama, Chile · 1885 days ago · 134 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.287 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1882 days ago · 137 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 8
- 4.5128 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1874 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3124 km N of Calama, Chile · 1873 days ago · 124 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.7147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1913 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 4.119 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1914 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0119 km N of Calama, Chile · 1918 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0138 km N of Calama, Chile · 1921 days ago · 117 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1923 days ago · 110 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.924 km E of Calama, Chile · 1924 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.398 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1925 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1931 days ago · 135 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000etck. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.