M4.1 earthquake 118 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 118 km N of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jul 16, 2022, 7:25 PM GMT-4 (23:25 UTC), 111 km (69 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-16 23:25:07 UTC
- Depth
- 110.7 km (68.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.387° S, 68.979° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 18
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 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1538 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 6.2Antofagasta, Chile · 1529 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 41
- 4.428 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1526 days ago · 123 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5108 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1525 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5156 km N of Calama, Chile · 1525 days ago · 116 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.142 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1524 days ago · 117 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1133 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1511 days ago · 130 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2124 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1507 days ago · 89 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 5.460 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1501 days ago · 117 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 9
- 4.0140 km N of Calama, Chile · 1501 days ago · 119 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.866 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1493 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1492 days ago · 140 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5Chile-Bolivia border region · 1491 days ago · 120 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1485 days ago · 115 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3151 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1485 days ago · 132 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.390 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1483 days ago · 117 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 4.5146 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1541 days ago · 134 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1544 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.178 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1546 days ago · 111 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.371 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1549 days ago · 136 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1550 days ago · 131 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.271 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1551 days ago · 130 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4148 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1552 days ago · 137 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1553 days ago · 143 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.494 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1554 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1555 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.236 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1567 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i34d. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC.