Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 45 km ENE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 45 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Sep 5, 2022, 12:07 AM GMT-4 (04:07 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Antofagasta, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-09-05 04:07:45 UTC
Depth
117.3 km (72.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.270° S, 68.535° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.3 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
59°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.233 km S of Calama, Chile · 1488 days ago · 107 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.390 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1483 days ago · 117 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.430 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1481 days ago · 109 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1481 days ago · 106 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.091 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1478 days ago · 172 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.532 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1475 days ago · 125 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.263 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1474 days ago · 113 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1472 days ago · 193 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.557 km N of Calama, Chile · 1471 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 4.450 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1467 days ago · 172 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 4.043 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 1464 days ago · 124 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 4.167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1464 days ago · 131 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 4.936 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1460 days ago · 117 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  14. 4.420 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1457 days ago · 128 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 4.167 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1455 days ago · 115 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 4.2101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1449 days ago · 130 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 4.4106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1446 days ago · 144 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 4.363 km S of Calama, Chile · 1442 days ago · 121 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 5.1Antofagasta, Chile · 1441 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
  20. 5.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1431 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 9
  21. 4.463 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1429 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 4.378 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1492 days ago · 140 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.866 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1493 days ago · 109 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 5.460 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1501 days ago · 117 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 9
  4. 4.418 km SW of Calama, Chile · 1509 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.329 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1512 days ago · 125 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.116 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1516 days ago · 142 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i59i. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.