Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 51 km NNW of Camiña, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 51 km NNW of Camiña, Chile on Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 9:44 PM GMT-4 (01:44 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 65 km SE of Palca, Peru. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-18 01:44:38 UTC
Depth
97.8 km (60.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
18.887° S, 69.617° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 151°, dip 84°, rake 90°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 333°, dip 6°, rake 92°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.7 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
62

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.262 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 773 days ago · 145 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.865 km SE of Palca, Peru · 755 days ago · 118 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 4.350 km N of Camiña, Chile · 749 days ago · 111 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 4.436 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 734 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.267 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 729 days ago · 139 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 4.298 km SE of Palca, Peru · 782 days ago · 128 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.019 km S of Camiña, Chile · 791 days ago · 96 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.344 km S of Camiña, Chile · 802 days ago · 98 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.157 km E of Arica, Chile · 805 days ago · 134 km deep · 54 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000n7q4. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:21 PM UTC.