M4.1 earthquake 42 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 42 km NE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Aug 1, 2022, 7:11 PM GMT-4 (23:11 UTC), 117 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 60 km NE of Calama, 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
- 2022-08-01 23:11:30 UTC
- Depth
- 116.5 km (72.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.208° S, 68.607° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.116 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1516 days ago · 142 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.329 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1512 days ago · 125 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.1133 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1511 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.418 km SW of Calama, Chile · 1509 days ago · 119 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.460 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1501 days ago · 117 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 9
- 4.866 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1493 days ago · 109 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1492 days ago · 140 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.545 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1489 days ago · 117 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.233 km S of Calama, Chile · 1488 days ago · 107 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.390 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1483 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.430 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1481 days ago · 109 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1481 days ago · 106 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.091 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1478 days ago · 172 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.532 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1475 days ago · 125 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 4.263 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1474 days ago · 113 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.557 km N of Calama, Chile · 1471 days ago · 118 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.043 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 1464 days ago · 124 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1464 days ago · 131 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 4.428 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1525 days ago · 123 km deep · 18 km away
- 6.2Antofagasta, Chile · 1529 days ago · 112 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 41
- 4.1118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1539 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Antofagasta, Chile · 1540 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.029 km SW of Calama, Chile · 1545 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.178 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1546 days ago · 111 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.371 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1549 days ago · 136 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.271 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1551 days ago · 130 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.6107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1553 days ago · 143 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.494 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1553 days ago · 107 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i7bc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC.