M4.6 earthquake 121 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 121 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Jan 28, 2022, 2:20 AM GMT-3 (05:20 UTC), 131 km (81 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
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-28 05:20:37 UTC
- Depth
- 131.0 km (81.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.401° S, 68.597° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4112 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1710 days ago · 168 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.199 km N of Calama, Chile · 1703 days ago · 117 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.341 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1701 days ago · 105 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1697 days ago · 116 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1694 days ago · 125 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.4119 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 1690 days ago · 187 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1687 days ago · 140 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.386 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1686 days ago · 108 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4159 km N of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 140 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1685 days ago · 139 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2116 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1684 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.586 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1680 days ago · 131 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1674 days ago · 118 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.850 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1670 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1667 days ago · 105 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1666 days ago · 127 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.476 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.8131 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1664 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1658 days ago · 125 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 4.4132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1714 days ago · 133 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1715 days ago · 148 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1717 days ago · 115 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.8120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1717 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1719 days ago · 124 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.0130 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1724 days ago · 151 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1724 days ago · 119 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2162 km N of Calama, Chile · 1727 days ago · 110 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1728 days ago · 149 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.322 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1731 days ago · 125 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2146 km N of Calama, Chile · 1734 days ago · 119 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.7131 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1736 days ago · 138 km deep · 20 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gfrx. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:55 PM UTC.