Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 20 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 20 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Oct 7, 2022, 5:54 AM GMT-3 (08:54 UTC), 128 km (80 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Antofagasta, 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
2022-10-07 08:54:26 UTC
Depth
128.4 km (79.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.278° S, 68.865° 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, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
58°
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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.167 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1456 days ago · 115 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.2101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1450 days ago · 130 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.4106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1446 days ago · 144 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.363 km S of Calama, Chile · 1443 days ago · 121 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 5.1Antofagasta, Chile · 1442 days ago · 108 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
  6. 5.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1432 days ago · 113 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 9
  7. 4.463 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1430 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 4.257 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1422 days ago · 129 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.619 km W of Calama, Chile · 1408 days ago · 119 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.588 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1405 days ago · 124 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 3.763 km S of Calama, Chile · 1405 days ago · 93 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 4.5103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1404 days ago · 145 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.150 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1403 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1402 days ago · 150 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 4.936 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1461 days ago · 117 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1465 days ago · 131 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.043 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 1465 days ago · 124 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.557 km N of Calama, Chile · 1472 days ago · 118 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.263 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1475 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 4.532 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1476 days ago · 125 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1482 days ago · 106 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.430 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1482 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.390 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1483 days ago · 117 km deep · 71 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000irs1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:37 AM UTC.