M4.3 earthquake 78 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 78 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Sep 2, 2022, 7:25 AM GMT-4 (11:25 UTC), 140 km (87 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-02 11:25:02 UTC
- Depth
- 139.5 km (86.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.784° S, 68.672° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Chile-Bolivia border region · 1491 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.545 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1490 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1485 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3151 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1484 days ago · 132 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.390 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1483 days ago · 117 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.430 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1482 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1482 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2150 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1478 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4155 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1476 days ago · 132 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.532 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1475 days ago · 125 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.263 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1475 days ago · 113 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.557 km N of Calama, Chile · 1472 days ago · 118 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.043 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 1464 days ago · 124 km deep · 92 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 · 76 km away
- 4.936 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1460 days ago · 117 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 4.420 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1457 days ago · 128 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.167 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1456 days ago · 115 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1449 days ago · 130 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1446 days ago · 144 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3144 km N of Calama, Chile · 1445 days ago · 118 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.1Antofagasta, Chile · 1442 days ago · 108 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
Before
- 4.866 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1493 days ago · 109 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.0140 km N of Calama, Chile · 1501 days ago · 119 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.460 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1501 days ago · 117 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 9
- 4.418 km SW of Calama, Chile · 1509 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1133 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1511 days ago · 130 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.329 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1512 days ago · 125 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i4lq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:33 PM UTC.