M4.4 earthquake 85 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 85 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Wed, May 7, 2025, 11:41 PM GMT-4 (03:41 UTC), 91 km (56 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-08 03:41:26 UTC
- Depth
- 90.7 km (56.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.186° S, 69.209° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 211°, dip 39°, rake -34°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 328°, dip 69°, rake -124°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.4 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 33
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.252 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 494 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.157 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 491 days ago · 102 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.319 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 490 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.435 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 466 days ago · 116 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.099 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile · 462 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pxvf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:12 AM UTC.