M4.3 earthquake 63 km S of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 63 km S of Calama, Chile on Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 5:52 PM GMT-3 (20:52 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 20 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, 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
- 2022-10-22 20:52:59 UTC
- Depth
- 120.7 km (75.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.025° S, 68.834° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1431 days ago · 113 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 9
- 4.2105 km E of Antofagasta, Chile · 1417 days ago · 78 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.619 km W of Calama, Chile · 1407 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 3.763 km S of Calama, Chile · 1404 days ago · 93 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.150 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1402 days ago · 103 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.620 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1393 days ago · 117 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 13
- 4.4Antofagasta, Chile · 1392 days ago · 130 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.938 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1384 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.5Antofagasta, Chile · 1454 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.420 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1457 days ago · 128 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.936 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1460 days ago · 117 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 4.043 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 1464 days ago · 124 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.450 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1467 days ago · 172 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ivtn. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC.