M4.3 earthquake 129 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 129 km N of Calama, Chile on Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 2:50 AM GMT-3 (05:50 UTC), 119 km (74 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-14 05:50:21 UTC
- Depth
- 118.7 km (73.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.291° S, 68.893° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0130 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1724 days ago · 151 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1719 days ago · 124 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.8120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1718 days ago · 108 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1718 days ago · 115 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1716 days ago · 148 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1715 days ago · 133 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1711 days ago · 131 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.199 km N of Calama, Chile · 1704 days ago · 117 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.0118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1704 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1699 days ago · 93 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 22
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1697 days ago · 116 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1695 days ago · 125 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1688 days ago · 140 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.386 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1687 days ago · 108 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4159 km N of Calama, Chile · 1687 days ago · 140 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 139 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2116 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1684 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1683 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 4.586 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1680 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3128 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1677 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1674 days ago · 118 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.1158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1667 days ago · 105 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1667 days ago · 127 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.476 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.192 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1727 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2162 km N of Calama, Chile · 1728 days ago · 110 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1729 days ago · 149 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2146 km N of Calama, Chile · 1734 days ago · 119 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.7131 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1737 days ago · 138 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2143 km N of Calama, Chile · 1743 days ago · 114 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.486 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1751 days ago · 107 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.657 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1754 days ago · 126 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1754 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1152 km N of Calama, Chile · 1755 days ago · 136 km deep · 28 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gbtj. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC.