M4.0 earthquake 131 km N of Calama, Chile

Magnitude

4.0 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sun, May 15, 2022, 9:17 PM GMT-4

UTC

2022-05-16 01:17:01 UTC

Depth

125.4 km (77.9 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

21.271° S, 68.842° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.2 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.23

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

87°

Stations used

22

• Calama, ChilePopulation 166,334. Forecast132 kmN
• La Paz, BoliviaPopulation 2,004,652. Forecast535 kmS

After

1. 4.1114 km ESE of Iquique, ChileFri, May 20, 5:15 PM GMT-4 · 1597 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
2. 4.4111 km ESE of Iquique, ChileSat, May 21, 9:41 AM GMT-4 · 1596 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 9
3. 4.0145 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, May 22, 10:32 AM GMT-4 · 1595 days ago · 135 km deep · 36 km away
4. 4.2124 km N of Calama, ChileFri, May 27, 9:05 PM GMT-4 · 1590 days ago · 105 km deep · 10 km away
5. 4.1136 km ESE of Iquique, ChileMon, May 30, 8:29 PM GMT-4 · 1587 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
6. 4.1142 km SE of Iquique, ChileSat, Jun 4, 11:22 PM GMT-4 · 1582 days ago · 109 km deep · 39 km away
7. 4.3111 km NNE of Calama, ChileMon, Jun 6, 2:44 PM GMT-4 · 1580 days ago · 111 km deep · 28 km away
8. 4.2140 km N of Calama, ChileTue, Jun 7, 8:17 PM GMT-4 · 1579 days ago · 127 km deep · 16 km away
9. 4.8159 km NNE of Calama, ChileSat, Jun 11, 8:27 AM GMT-4 · 1575 days ago · 129 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
10. 4.098 km ESE of Iquique, ChileMon, Jun 13, 3:54 AM GMT-4 · 1573 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
11. 4.2116 km E of Iquique, ChileTue, Jun 14, 10:08 PM GMT-4 · 1572 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
12. 4.2139 km ESE of Iquique, ChileFri, Jul 1, 5:01 AM GMT-4 · 1555 days ago · 104 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.494 km NNE of Calama, ChileSat, Jul 2, 9:50 PM GMT-4 · 1554 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
14. 4.6107 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Jul 3, 3:21 PM GMT-4 · 1553 days ago · 143 km deep · 51 km away
15. 4.4148 km NE of Calama, ChileMon, Jul 4, 11:59 AM GMT-4 · 1552 days ago · 137 km deep · 87 km away
16. 4.271 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Jul 5, 12:48 PM GMT-4 · 1551 days ago · 130 km deep · 72 km away
17. 4.2147 km NNE of Calama, ChileWed, Jul 6, 6:56 PM GMT-4 · 1550 days ago · 131 km deep · 27 km away
18. 4.371 km NNE of Calama, ChileThu, Jul 7, 10:21 AM GMT-4 · 1549 days ago · 136 km deep · 63 km away
19. 4.178 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Jul 10, 7:22 PM GMT-4 · 1546 days ago · 111 km deep · 61 km away
20. 4.2Chile-Bolivia border regionTue, Jul 12, 11:17 AM GMT-4 · 1544 days ago · 109 km deep · 38 km away

Before

1. 4.437 km NNE of Calama, ChileMon, May 9, 1:06 AM GMT-4 · 1609 days ago · 122 km deep · 96 km away
2. 4.285 km NNE of Tocopilla, ChileSun, May 8, 8:30 AM GMT-4 · 1609 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
3. 4.2148 km N of Calama, ChileFri, May 6, 3:29 AM GMT-4 · 1611 days ago · 124 km deep · 19 km away
4. 4.0146 km ESE of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 28, 1:14 AM GMT-4 · 1620 days ago · 112 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
5. 4.6145 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Apr 24, 7:30 AM GMT-4 · 1623 days ago · 139 km deep · 34 km away
6. 4.6134 km NNE of Calama, ChileThu, Apr 21, 3:27 PM GMT-4 · 1626 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
7. 4.375 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Apr 17, 5:58 PM GMT-4 · 1630 days ago · 129 km deep · 65 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hldu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC.