M4.1 earthquake 70 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 70 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 1:13 AM GMT-3 (04:13 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 35 km WNW 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-13 04:13:45 UTC
- Depth
- 79.5 km (49.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.025° S, 69.241° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.043 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 1719 days ago · 109 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.237 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1714 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.134 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.535 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1710 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.219 km E of Calama, Chile · 1702 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.286 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1678 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gbiy. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC.