Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 16 km SE of Camiña, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Camiña, Chile on Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 1:00 PM GMT-3 (16:00 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 33 km NNW of Camiña, 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
2024-12-17 16:00:43 UTC
Depth
106.5 km (66.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.397° S, 69.298° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.4 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.218 km SW of Camiña, Chile · 654 days ago · 89 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.541 km S of Camiña, Chile · 642 days ago · 101 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.733 km NNW of Camiña, Chile · 632 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.422 km ESE of Camiña, Chile · 632 days ago · 121 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.644 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 628 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
  6. 4.175 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 616 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.185 km N of Camiña, Chile · 613 days ago · 124 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.057 km N of Camiña, Chile · 609 days ago · 109 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.38 km SSW of Camiña, Chile · 606 days ago · 92 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 4.351 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 605 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.048 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 602 days ago · 103 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 4.069 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 662 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nzkn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:14 AM UTC.