M4.4 earthquake 68 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 68 km NE of Calama, Chile on Tue, May 30, 2023, 8:25 AM GMT-4 (12:25 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 26 km SE 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
- 2023-05-30 12:25:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.954° S, 68.528° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 170°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.468 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1211 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.650 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1210 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.221 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1208 days ago · 128 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.826 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1203 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 4.677 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1201 days ago · 179 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.847 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1196 days ago · 134 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1196 days ago · 137 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1189 days ago · 110 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.012 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1186 days ago · 134 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1185 days ago · 107 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1180 days ago · 111 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.354 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1169 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.066 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1165 days ago · 124 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.338 km SE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1165 days ago · 134 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.072 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1228 days ago · 134 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.544 km E of Calama, Chile · 1231 days ago · 123 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.056 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1231 days ago · 131 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.053 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1233 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5107 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1234 days ago · 210 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.258 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1236 days ago · 166 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.261 km N of Calama, Chile · 1237 days ago · 140 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.419 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1246 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 4.074 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1250 days ago · 126 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.242 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1251 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k4z1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:19 PM UTC.