M4.3 earthquake 24 km ESE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 24 km ESE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Apr 15, 2022, 6:02 AM GMT-4 (10:02 UTC), 121 km (75 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-15 10:02:13 UTC
- Depth
- 121.4 km (75.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.534° S, 68.701° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 35
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1631 days ago · 129 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.74 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1628 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 13
- 4.023 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1619 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.437 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1609 days ago · 122 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.327 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1584 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.635 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1584 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h2gh. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC.