M4.0 earthquake 118 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 118 km N of Calama, Chile on Sat, Mar 5, 2022, 11:25 PM GMT-3 (02:25 UTC), 118 km (73 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-06 02:25:52 UTC
- Depth
- 118.2 km (73.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.392° S, 69.002° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 20
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 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.850 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1669 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 127 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.476 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1663 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8131 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1663 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 6
- 4.094 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1663 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1657 days ago · 125 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.255 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1644 days ago · 126 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 131 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.239 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1636 days ago · 128 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1634 days ago · 117 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1632 days ago · 131 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1629 days ago · 129 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1625 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1623 days ago · 139 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1619 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.3128 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1675 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.586 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1678 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2116 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1682 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1684 days ago · 139 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4159 km N of Calama, Chile · 1684 days ago · 140 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 4.386 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1685 days ago · 108 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 140 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1693 days ago · 125 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1695 days ago · 116 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.8113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1697 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 22
- 5.341 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1699 days ago · 105 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 4.199 km N of Calama, Chile · 1702 days ago · 117 km deep · 20 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h2gt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.