Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 148 km NE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 148 km NE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Jul 4, 2022, 11:59 AM GMT-4 (15:59 UTC), 137 km (85 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 60 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-07-04 15:59:08 UTC
Depth
136.8 km (85.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.417° S, 68.019° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.7 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
61°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.271 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1552 days ago · 130 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.2147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1551 days ago · 131 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.371 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1550 days ago · 136 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.178 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1547 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1545 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.5146 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1542 days ago · 134 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 4.1118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1541 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.488 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1531 days ago · 178 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.4139 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1528 days ago · 188 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.1118 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1525 days ago · 246 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 4.071 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1513 days ago · 208 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.264 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1512 days ago · 204 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 4.1133 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1512 days ago · 130 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 5.460 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1502 days ago · 117 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 9
  15. 4.866 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1494 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 4.378 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1493 days ago · 140 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 4.6107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1554 days ago · 143 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.494 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1555 days ago · 107 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.8159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1576 days ago · 129 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.2140 km N of Calama, Chile · 1580 days ago · 127 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.3111 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1581 days ago · 111 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hzsj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC.