M4.4 earthquake 53 km ENE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 53 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 10:39 PM GMT-4 (02:39 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 66 km SSW of Ollagüe, 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
- 2025-07-25 02:39:46 UTC
- Depth
- 112.7 km (70.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.254° S, 68.457° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.274 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 427 days ago · 122 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.565 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 426 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.454 km NE of Calama, Chile · 425 days ago · 118 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.659 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 423 days ago · 104 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.343 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 422 days ago · 142 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.766 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 417 days ago · 115 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.239 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 407 days ago · 131 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.247 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 407 days ago · 149 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 405 days ago · 132 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.671 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 402 days ago · 121 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.268 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 401 days ago · 176 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.115 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 396 days ago · 122 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.260 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 392 days ago · 139 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.152 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 385 days ago · 134 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.548 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 381 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 5.240 km NE of Calama, Chile · 435 days ago · 106 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
- 4.545 km S of Calama, Chile · 439 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.231 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 441 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.243 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 443 days ago · 126 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.570 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 445 days ago · 164 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.440 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 446 days ago · 154 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.228 km E of Calama, Chile · 452 days ago · 109 km deep · 27 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000quz3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:20 AM UTC.