M4.4 earthquake 46 km SSE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 46 km SSE of Calama, Chile on Tue, May 4, 2021, 1:52 PM GMT-4 (17:52 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 49 km ENE 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
- 2021-05-04 17:52:56 UTC
- Depth
- 108.9 km (67.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.852° S, 68.758° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 33°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.448 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1976 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.449 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1970 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.011 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1962 days ago · 113 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.249 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1962 days ago · 115 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 4.031 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1945 days ago · 114 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.924 km E of Calama, Chile · 1925 days ago · 123 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e03p. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:53 AM UTC.