M4.0 earthquake 43 km ESE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 4:35 AM GMT-3 (07:35 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-30 07:35:33 UTC
- Depth
- 123.8 km (77.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.603° S, 68.534° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1465 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.936 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1461 days ago · 117 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 4.420 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1458 days ago · 128 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.167 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1456 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5Antofagasta, Chile · 1455 days ago · 116 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.363 km S of Calama, Chile · 1443 days ago · 121 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.1Antofagasta, Chile · 1442 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
- 5.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1432 days ago · 113 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 9
- 4.463 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1430 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.257 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1422 days ago · 129 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.619 km W of Calama, Chile · 1408 days ago · 119 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.588 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1406 days ago · 124 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.763 km S of Calama, Chile · 1405 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.450 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1468 days ago · 172 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.557 km N of Calama, Chile · 1472 days ago · 118 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1473 days ago · 193 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.263 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1475 days ago · 113 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.532 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1476 days ago · 125 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 4.091 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1479 days ago · 172 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1482 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.430 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1482 days ago · 109 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.390 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1484 days ago · 117 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.070 km S of Calama, Chile · 1489 days ago · 93 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 4.233 km S of Calama, Chile · 1489 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.545 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1490 days ago · 117 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1493 days ago · 140 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.866 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1494 days ago · 109 km deep · 72 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ipjr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC.