M4.0 earthquake 43 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 43 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Tue, Jan 18, 2022, 7:18 AM GMT-3 (10:18 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 41 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-18 10:18:30 UTC
- Depth
- 109.4 km (68.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.822° S, 69.065° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.237 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1714 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.134 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.535 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1710 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.219 km E of Calama, Chile · 1703 days ago · 113 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.341 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1699 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
- 4.286 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1678 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.850 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1668 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gcun. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:43 AM UTC.