Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 11 km ENE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 11 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Mon, May 25, 2026, 6:11 PM GMT-4 (22:11 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 27 km NE of Calama, 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
2026-05-25 22:11:41 UTC
Depth
120.1 km (74.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.413° S, 68.826° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.31
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
68°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.332 km NE of Calama, Chile · 130 days ago · 115 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.220 km NE of Calama, Chile · 129 days ago · 117 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.222 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 129 days ago · 117 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.326 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 129 days ago · 116 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 4.129 km NE of Calama, Chile · 129 days ago · 116 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 4.010 km N of Calama, Chile · 129 days ago · 114 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  7. 5.127 km NE of Calama, Chile · 128 days ago · 103 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.116 km E of Calama, Chile · 127 days ago · 110 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 4.252 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 125 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 4.063 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 115 days ago · 128 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.446 km NE of Calama, Chile · 109 days ago · 126 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 4.334 km NE of Calama, Chile · 105 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 4.474 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 102 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 4.019 km NE of Calama, Chile · 101 days ago · 122 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 4.432 km N of Calama, Chile · 99 days ago · 116 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.337 km NE of Calama, Chile · 99 days ago · 110 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 4.325 km NE of Calama, Chile · 97 days ago · 114 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 4.453 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 97 days ago · 120 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 4.336 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 97 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 4.347 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 96 days ago · 127 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 4.352 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 78 days ago · 98 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 72 days ago · 118 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 4.473 km S of Calama, Chile · 71 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.231 km NE of Calama, Chile · 130 days ago · 112 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.710 km E of Calama, Chile · 130 days ago · 115 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 6.934 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 130 days ago · 109 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 85
  4. 4.329 km SE of Calama, Chile · 132 days ago · 108 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.769 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 139 days ago · 128 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.353 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 143 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.646 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 144 days ago · 114 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.672 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 153 days ago · 115 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000t04x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC.