M4.2 earthquake 114 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 114 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 7:02 PM GMT-3 (22:02 UTC), 124 km (77 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-19 22:02:24 UTC
- Depth
- 123.5 km (76.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.543° S, 68.412° 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, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1715 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1713 days ago · 148 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1713 days ago · 133 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2114 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1712 days ago · 226 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.6121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1709 days ago · 131 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4112 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1708 days ago · 168 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4128 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1707 days ago · 195 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.199 km N of Calama, Chile · 1701 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.341 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1699 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1695 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1693 days ago · 125 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4119 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 1689 days ago · 187 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 140 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4159 km N of Calama, Chile · 1684 days ago · 140 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1684 days ago · 139 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.586 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1678 days ago · 131 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1672 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.850 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1668 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.476 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1663 days ago · 115 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 4.0130 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1722 days ago · 151 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.3129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1723 days ago · 119 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2162 km N of Calama, Chile · 1725 days ago · 110 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1727 days ago · 149 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.322 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1730 days ago · 125 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2146 km N of Calama, Chile · 1732 days ago · 119 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7131 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1735 days ago · 138 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2143 km N of Calama, Chile · 1740 days ago · 114 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5145 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1742 days ago · 167 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.738 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1743 days ago · 110 km deep · 88 km away
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