M4.4 earthquake Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in Antofagasta, Chile on Sun, Dec 25, 2022, 12:55 PM GMT-3 (15:55 UTC), 111 km (69 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-25 15:55:57 UTC
- Depth
- 111.4 km (69.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.562° S, 69.291° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.171 km S of Calama, Chile · 1373 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 9
- 4.868 km S of Calama, Chile · 1372 days ago · 107 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 4.566 km S of Calama, Chile · 1369 days ago · 107 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.425 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1368 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.315 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1361 days ago · 106 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.487 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 1340 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6Antofagasta, Chile · 1326 days ago · 125 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.237 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1324 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1108 km S of Calama, Chile · 1322 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.155 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1320 days ago · 133 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.471 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1381 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.938 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1384 days ago · 113 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.150 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1403 days ago · 103 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.763 km S of Calama, Chile · 1405 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.619 km W of Calama, Chile · 1408 days ago · 119 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jbm4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC.