M4.3 earthquake 71 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 71 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Jul 7, 2022, 10:21 AM GMT-4 (14:21 UTC), 136 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 Antofagasta, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-07 14:21:18 UTC
- Depth
- 135.6 km (84.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.831° S, 68.754° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.178 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1545 days ago · 111 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.029 km SW of Calama, Chile · 1545 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1544 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5146 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1541 days ago · 134 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1539 days ago · 111 km deep · 55 km away
- 6.2Antofagasta, Chile · 1529 days ago · 112 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 41
- 4.428 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1525 days ago · 123 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5108 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1525 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5156 km N of Calama, Chile · 1525 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.142 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1523 days ago · 117 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.329 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1512 days ago · 125 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1133 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1511 days ago · 130 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.418 km SW of Calama, Chile · 1509 days ago · 119 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.460 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1501 days ago · 117 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 9
- 4.0140 km N of Calama, Chile · 1501 days ago · 119 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.866 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1493 days ago · 109 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1492 days ago · 140 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.5Chile-Bolivia border region · 1491 days ago · 120 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.545 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1489 days ago · 117 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 4.2147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1549 days ago · 131 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.271 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1551 days ago · 130 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4148 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1552 days ago · 137 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1553 days ago · 143 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.494 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1553 days ago · 107 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.327 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1559 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.236 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1567 days ago · 112 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.8159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1575 days ago · 129 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2140 km N of Calama, Chile · 1578 days ago · 127 km deep · 70 km away
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