M4.0 earthquake 132 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 132 km N of Calama, Chile on Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 11:40 PM GMT-4 (03:40 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 159 km NNE 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-13 03:40:27 UTC
- Depth
- 116.7 km (72.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.260° S, 68.819° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1633 days ago · 131 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1630 days ago · 129 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1626 days ago · 119 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1623 days ago · 139 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.0146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1620 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2148 km N of Calama, Chile · 1611 days ago · 124 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.437 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1609 days ago · 122 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1602 days ago · 125 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.1114 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1597 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4111 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1596 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 9
- 4.0145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1595 days ago · 135 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2124 km N of Calama, Chile · 1590 days ago · 105 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.1136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1587 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 4.1142 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1582 days ago · 109 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3111 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1580 days ago · 111 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2140 km N of Calama, Chile · 1579 days ago · 127 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.8159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1575 days ago · 129 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.6153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1637 days ago · 128 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.239 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1640 days ago · 115 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1640 days ago · 131 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.255 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1644 days ago · 126 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1658 days ago · 125 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.198 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1662 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.094 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1663 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8131 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1663 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 6
- 4.476 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1664 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h1mn. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:39 PM UTC.