M4.4 earthquake 37 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 37 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, May 9, 2022, 1:06 AM GMT-4 (05:06 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 107 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-09 05:06:43 UTC
- Depth
- 121.5 km (75.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.131° S, 68.826° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1601 days ago · 125 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.550 km ENE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1591 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2124 km N of Calama, Chile · 1589 days ago · 105 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3111 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1579 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.236 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1566 days ago · 112 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.327 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1559 days ago · 107 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.494 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1553 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1552 days ago · 143 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.271 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1551 days ago · 130 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.371 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1549 days ago · 136 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.6134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1625 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1629 days ago · 129 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.324 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 1632 days ago · 121 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1634 days ago · 117 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h826. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.