M4.4 earthquake 159 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 159 km N of Calama, Chile on Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 4:37 PM GMT-3 (19:37 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-02-21 19:37:42 UTC
- Depth
- 140.3 km (87.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.017° S, 68.792° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1684 days ago · 139 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2116 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1682 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1681 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
- 4.3128 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1674 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1672 days ago · 118 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1668 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 105 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.2129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 127 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.8131 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1663 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
- 4.094 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1662 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.198 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1661 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1657 days ago · 125 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 131 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.6153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1636 days ago · 128 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1634 days ago · 117 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1632 days ago · 131 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1629 days ago · 129 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1625 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.386 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1685 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 140 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4119 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 1689 days ago · 187 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1693 days ago · 125 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1695 days ago · 116 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.8113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1697 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 22
- 4.0118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1701 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 4.199 km N of Calama, Chile · 1702 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1709 days ago · 131 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1713 days ago · 133 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1713 days ago · 148 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gmqa. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC.