M4.8 earthquake 66 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 66 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Sep 1, 2022, 3:54 AM GMT-4 (07:54 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Antofagasta, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-01 07:54:51 UTC
- Depth
- 109.0 km (67.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.952° S, 68.579° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.378 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1492 days ago · 140 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5Chile-Bolivia border region · 1491 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.545 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1489 days ago · 117 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.233 km S of Calama, Chile · 1488 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3151 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1484 days ago · 132 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.390 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1483 days ago · 117 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.430 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1481 days ago · 109 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1481 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.091 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1478 days ago · 172 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4155 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1476 days ago · 132 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.532 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1475 days ago · 125 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 4.263 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1474 days ago · 113 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.557 km N of Calama, Chile · 1471 days ago · 118 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.043 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 1464 days ago · 124 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1464 days ago · 131 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.1151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1462 days ago · 145 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.936 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1460 days ago · 117 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 4.420 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1457 days ago · 128 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.167 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1455 days ago · 115 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1449 days ago · 130 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1446 days ago · 144 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3144 km N of Calama, Chile · 1444 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.1Antofagasta, Chile · 1441 days ago · 108 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
Before
- 4.0140 km N of Calama, Chile · 1501 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.460 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1501 days ago · 117 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 9
- 4.418 km SW of Calama, Chile · 1509 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1133 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1511 days ago · 130 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.329 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1512 days ago · 125 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.116 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1516 days ago · 142 km deep · 97 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i48y. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.