Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 41 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 41 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Mar 11, 2023, 5:27 AM GMT-3 (08:27 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 51 km SSE 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
2023-03-11 08:27:42 UTC
Depth
113.3 km (70.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.087° S, 68.843° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
28

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 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.433 km S of Calama, Chile · 1292 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.551 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1289 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.094 km NNE of María Elena, Chile · 1272 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1271 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 3.875 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1266 days ago · 123 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.142 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1262 days ago · 123 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.242 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1252 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.074 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1250 days ago · 126 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 4.419 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1246 days ago · 112 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.358 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1306 days ago · 128 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.169 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1311 days ago · 127 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1313 days ago · 102 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 4.171 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1313 days ago · 141 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1314 days ago · 135 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.575 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1314 days ago · 121 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.312 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1315 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.366 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1318 days ago · 124 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 4.155 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1320 days ago · 133 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 4.237 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1324 days ago · 111 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.6Antofagasta, Chile · 1326 days ago · 125 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.461 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1327 days ago · 117 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 4.482 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1330 days ago · 133 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 4.4120 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1331 days ago · 148 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 4.374 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1333 days ago · 131 km deep · 35 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000jj3f. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:21 AM UTC.