M4.4 earthquake 70 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 70 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Apr 1, 2026, 4:05 PM GMT-3 (19:05 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.9 34 km ENE 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-04-01 19:05:41 UTC
- Depth
- 125.5 km (78.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.905° S, 68.580° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.339 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 181 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.575 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 179 days ago · 115 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.028 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 170 days ago · 137 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.142 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 152 days ago · 138 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.672 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 151 days ago · 115 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.370 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 147 days ago · 117 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.769 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 138 days ago · 128 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.235 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 136 days ago · 136 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.469 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 132 days ago · 118 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.329 km SE of Calama, Chile · 130 days ago · 108 km deep · 88 km away
- 6.934 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 128 days ago · 109 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 85
- 4.710 km E of Calama, Chile · 128 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.231 km NE of Calama, Chile · 128 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.411 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 128 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.332 km NE of Calama, Chile · 128 days ago · 115 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.220 km NE of Calama, Chile · 128 days ago · 117 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.222 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 128 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.326 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 128 days ago · 116 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.129 km NE of Calama, Chile · 128 days ago · 116 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.010 km N of Calama, Chile · 127 days ago · 114 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 5.127 km NE of Calama, Chile · 126 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 4.438 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 126 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.116 km E of Calama, Chile · 126 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.252 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 124 days ago · 112 km deep · 18 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000slrh. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:12 PM UTC.