Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 49 km NE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 49 km NE of Calama, Chile on Wed, May 12, 2021, 12:23 AM GMT-4 (04:23 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 49 km ENE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-12 04:23:37 UTC
Depth
113.2 km (70.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.150° S, 68.572° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.4 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
41°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.296 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1968 days ago · 138 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.011 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1962 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 5.249 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1961 days ago · 115 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.2101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1953 days ago · 149 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 4.083 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1949 days ago · 139 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.031 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1945 days ago · 114 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1931 days ago · 135 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.398 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1925 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 3.924 km E of Calama, Chile · 1924 days ago · 123 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.3134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1923 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.0119 km N of Calama, Chile · 1918 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.119 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1914 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 4.461 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1912 days ago · 125 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 4.3108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1970 days ago · 143 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.661 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1974 days ago · 113 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.4140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1975 days ago · 106 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.448 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1976 days ago · 117 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 4.369 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1977 days ago · 187 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.446 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1977 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.183 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1989 days ago · 118 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.247 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1994 days ago · 137 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.181 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1994 days ago · 118 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e2az. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.