M4.2 earthquake 19 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 19 km E of Calama, Chile on Thu, Feb 3, 2022, 1:33 PM GMT-3 (16:33 UTC), 113 km (70 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
- 2022-02-03 16:33:02 UTC
- Depth
- 112.5 km (69.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.461° S, 68.738° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 46
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 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.341 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1700 days ago · 105 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 5
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1685 days ago · 139 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.586 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1679 days ago · 131 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.850 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1670 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.476 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1664 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.255 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1645 days ago · 126 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.535 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.134 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1715 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.237 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1715 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.349 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1718 days ago · 183 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.043 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 1720 days ago · 109 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.170 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 1725 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.183 km SW of Calama, Chile · 1726 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1728 days ago · 149 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.322 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1731 days ago · 125 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.661 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1732 days ago · 184 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ghme. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:24 AM UTC.