M4.3 earthquake 75 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 75 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Apr 17, 2022, 5:58 PM GMT-4 (21:58 UTC), 129 km (80 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-17 21:58:54 UTC
- Depth
- 129.4 km (80.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.830° S, 68.646° 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, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1625 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1623 days ago · 139 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2148 km N of Calama, Chile · 1611 days ago · 124 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.437 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1608 days ago · 122 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.0131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1601 days ago · 125 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1595 days ago · 135 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2124 km N of Calama, Chile · 1589 days ago · 105 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3111 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1579 days ago · 111 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2140 km N of Calama, Chile · 1578 days ago · 127 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.8159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1575 days ago · 129 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.324 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 1632 days ago · 121 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1632 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1634 days ago · 117 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1636 days ago · 128 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.110 km E of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.239 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 115 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.255 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1644 days ago · 126 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1657 days ago · 125 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h2yt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.