Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 19 km ENE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 19 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Sun, May 7, 2023, 12:12 AM GMT-4 (04:12 UTC), 112 km (69 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 26 km SE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-05-07 04:12:43 UTC
Depth
111.6 km (69.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.423° S, 68.741° 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 IV, light shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.6 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
65°
Stations used
37

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 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.261 km N of Calama, Chile · 1239 days ago · 140 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.258 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1237 days ago · 166 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.544 km E of Calama, Chile · 1232 days ago · 123 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 4.072 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1229 days ago · 134 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.468 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1224 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1216 days ago · 121 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.650 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1211 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 4.221 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1209 days ago · 128 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.826 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1204 days ago · 112 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  10. 4.677 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1203 days ago · 179 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 4.847 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1198 days ago · 134 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1197 days ago · 137 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1190 days ago · 110 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 4.074 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1251 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.142 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1263 days ago · 123 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 3.875 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1267 days ago · 123 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1272 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ka5c. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:36 AM UTC.