M4.2 earthquake 162 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 162 km N of Calama, Chile on Tue, Jan 11, 2022, 1:12 PM GMT-3 (16:12 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-11 16:12:56 UTC
- Depth
- 109.9 km (68.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.001° S, 68.748° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1725 days ago · 119 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.0130 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1725 days ago · 151 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1720 days ago · 124 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.8120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1718 days ago · 108 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1718 days ago · 115 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1716 days ago · 148 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1715 days ago · 133 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1711 days ago · 131 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.199 km N of Calama, Chile · 1704 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1704 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1699 days ago · 93 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 22
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1697 days ago · 116 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1695 days ago · 125 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4119 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 1691 days ago · 187 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1688 days ago · 140 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.386 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1687 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4159 km N of Calama, Chile · 1687 days ago · 140 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 139 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2116 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1685 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1683 days ago · 94 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
- 4.3128 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1677 days ago · 110 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1674 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1670 days ago · 116 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.2146 km N of Calama, Chile · 1734 days ago · 119 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.7131 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1737 days ago · 138 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2143 km N of Calama, Chile · 1743 days ago · 114 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5145 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1745 days ago · 167 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.486 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1751 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1754 days ago · 112 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1152 km N of Calama, Chile · 1755 days ago · 136 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.2152 km N of Calama, Chile · 1756 days ago · 106 km deep · 12 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gb07. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC.