M4.2 earthquake 129 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 129 km N of Calama, Chile on Sun, Mar 13, 2022, 6:23 AM GMT-3 (09:23 UTC), 127 km (79 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-13 09:23:12 UTC
- Depth
- 126.5 km (78.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.283° S, 68.925° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.476 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1663 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 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 · 1662 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.198 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1661 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1657 days ago · 125 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.255 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1644 days ago · 126 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 131 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.239 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1636 days ago · 128 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1634 days ago · 117 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.5154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1632 days ago · 131 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1629 days ago · 129 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1625 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1623 days ago · 139 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1619 days ago · 112 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2148 km N of Calama, Chile · 1611 days ago · 124 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.285 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1609 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.437 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1608 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.1158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 105 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.0118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1672 days ago · 118 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3128 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1674 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.586 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1678 days ago · 131 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1681 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 4.2116 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1682 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1684 days ago · 139 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4159 km N of Calama, Chile · 1684 days ago · 140 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
- 4.386 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1685 days ago · 108 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 140 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1693 days ago · 125 km deep · 29 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h45n. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:30 AM UTC.