M4.5 earthquake 120 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 120 km NE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 4:05 PM GMT-3 (19:05 UTC), 117 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 41 km NE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-12 19:05:43 UTC
- Depth
- 116.5 km (72.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.724° S, 68.063° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1152 km N of Calama, Chile · 1753 days ago · 136 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.657 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1752 days ago · 126 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.486 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1749 days ago · 107 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.738 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1743 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5145 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1742 days ago · 167 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2143 km N of Calama, Chile · 1740 days ago · 114 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7131 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1735 days ago · 138 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2146 km N of Calama, Chile · 1732 days ago · 119 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.661 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1730 days ago · 184 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.322 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1730 days ago · 125 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1727 days ago · 149 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1723 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0130 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1722 days ago · 151 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1717 days ago · 124 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.349 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1717 days ago · 183 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0140 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1717 days ago · 184 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1713 days ago · 148 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1713 days ago · 133 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2114 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1712 days ago · 226 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1709 days ago · 131 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4112 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1708 days ago · 168 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4128 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1707 days ago · 195 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.199 km N of Calama, Chile · 1701 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0110 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1700 days ago · 213 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.341 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1699 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
Before
- 4.5138 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1765 days ago · 167 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.434 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1771 days ago · 125 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0102 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1773 days ago · 199 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.539 km E of Calama, Chile · 1773 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3113 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1773 days ago · 174 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2117 km N of Calama, Chile · 1775 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1776 days ago · 132 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.355 km N of Calama, Chile · 1782 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away
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