M4.4 earthquake Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in Antofagasta, Chile on Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 10:32 PM GMT-3 (01:32 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 71 km S 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-11 01:32:08 UTC
- Depth
- 130.4 km (81.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.528° S, 68.121° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 36
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.471 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1382 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.171 km S of Calama, Chile · 1374 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 9
- 4.868 km S of Calama, Chile · 1372 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 4.566 km S of Calama, Chile · 1369 days ago · 107 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.425 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1368 days ago · 123 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j8ib. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:31 PM UTC.