M4.5 earthquake 86 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 86 km NE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 1:18 AM GMT-3 (04:18 UTC), 131 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 50 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
- 2022-02-28 04:18:06 UTC
- Depth
- 130.5 km (81.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.856° S, 68.394° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 83
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1672 days ago · 118 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.850 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1669 days ago · 106 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 127 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.476 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1663 days ago · 115 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1657 days ago · 125 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.255 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1644 days ago · 126 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 131 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.239 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 115 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.110 km E of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1636 days ago · 128 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1634 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1632 days ago · 131 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 4.324 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 1632 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1629 days ago · 129 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.6134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1625 days ago · 119 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1623 days ago · 139 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1684 days ago · 139 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 140 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1693 days ago · 125 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1695 days ago · 116 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.341 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1699 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
- 4.199 km N of Calama, Chile · 1702 days ago · 117 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.219 km E of Calama, Chile · 1703 days ago · 113 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4128 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1707 days ago · 195 km deep · 87 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h0n3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.