M4.2 earthquake 144 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 144 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 7:33 AM GMT-3 (10:33 UTC), 140 km (87 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 131 km SE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-02-20 10:33:24 UTC
- Depth
- 139.6 km (86.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.183° S, 68.609° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.386 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1686 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4159 km N of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 140 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1685 days ago · 139 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2116 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1684 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1682 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
- 4.586 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1679 days ago · 131 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3128 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1676 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1673 days ago · 118 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1669 days ago · 116 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1666 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1666 days ago · 127 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.476 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1664 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8131 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1664 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1658 days ago · 125 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.255 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1645 days ago · 126 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1641 days ago · 131 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1637 days ago · 128 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1635 days ago · 117 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1633 days ago · 131 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1631 days ago · 129 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.4119 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 1690 days ago · 187 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1694 days ago · 125 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1696 days ago · 116 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.8113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1698 days ago · 93 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 22
- 4.0118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1703 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.199 km N of Calama, Chile · 1703 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4112 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1709 days ago · 168 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1710 days ago · 131 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1714 days ago · 133 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1715 days ago · 148 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1717 days ago · 115 km deep · 35 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gmee. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC.