M4.1 earthquake 10 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 10 km E of Calama, Chile on Fri, Apr 8, 2022, 5:03 AM GMT-4 (09:03 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 4 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-08 09:03:42 UTC
- Depth
- 114.7 km (71.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.455° S, 68.820° 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, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.324 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 1633 days ago · 121 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1630 days ago · 129 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.74 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1628 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 13
- 4.023 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1619 days ago · 120 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.437 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1609 days ago · 122 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.327 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1584 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.635 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1584 days ago · 112 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h0m5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.