M4.1 earthquake 158 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 158 km N of Calama, Chile on Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 7:18 PM GMT-3 (22:18 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 131 km SE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-12 22:18:21 UTC
- Depth
- 105.2 km (65.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.036° S, 68.748° 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, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 127 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.476 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1663 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.8131 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1663 days ago · 99 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
- 4.198 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1661 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1657 days ago · 125 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.3147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 131 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.6153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1636 days ago · 128 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1634 days ago · 117 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1632 days ago · 131 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1629 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1626 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1623 days ago · 139 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1619 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2148 km N of Calama, Chile · 1611 days ago · 124 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2137 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1608 days ago · 118 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.2127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1668 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1672 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3128 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1675 days ago · 110 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.586 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1678 days ago · 131 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1681 days ago · 94 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
- 4.2116 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1682 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1684 days ago · 139 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4159 km N of Calama, Chile · 1685 days ago · 140 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 4.386 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1685 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 140 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4119 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 1689 days ago · 187 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1693 days ago · 125 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1695 days ago · 116 km deep · 31 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h43e. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC.