M4.5 earthquake 57 km N of Calama, Chile

Magnitude

4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Thu, Sep 22, 2022, 9:28 PM GMT-3

UTC

2022-09-23 00:28:39 UTC

Depth

117.9 km (73.3 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

21.939° S, 68.854° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.3 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

41°

Stations used

35

• Calama, ChilePopulation 166,334. Forecast58 kmN
• La Paz, BoliviaPopulation 2,004,652. Forecast609 kmS

After

1. 4.043 km ESE of Calama, ChileFri, Sep 30, 4:35 AM GMT-3 · 1465 days ago · 124 km deep · 81 km away
2. 4.167 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, Sep 30, 4:02 PM GMT-3 · 1465 days ago · 131 km deep · 19 km away
3. 4.1151 km N of Calama, ChileSun, Oct 2, 7:36 AM GMT-3 · 1463 days ago · 145 km deep · 94 km away
4. 4.936 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Oct 4, 10:08 AM GMT-3 · 1461 days ago · 117 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
5. 4.420 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, Oct 7, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 1458 days ago · 128 km deep · 38 km away
6. 4.167 km NE of Calama, ChileSun, Oct 9, 12:07 AM GMT-3 · 1457 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
7. 4.2101 km NNE of Calama, ChileSat, Oct 15, 3:52 AM GMT-3 · 1450 days ago · 130 km deep · 47 km away
8. 4.4106 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Oct 18, 7:20 PM GMT-3 · 1447 days ago · 144 km deep · 52 km away
9. 4.3144 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Oct 19, 11:26 PM GMT-3 · 1446 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
10. 5.1Antofagasta, ChileSat, Oct 22, 11:08 PM GMT-3 · 1443 days ago · 108 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 5
11. 5.3Antofagasta, ChileTue, Nov 1, 11:38 PM GMT-3 · 1433 days ago · 113 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 9
12. 4.463 km SSW of Ollag?e, ChileThu, Nov 3, 9:37 PM GMT-3 · 1431 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away
13. 4.5147 km N of Calama, ChileSat, Nov 5, 10:16 PM GMT-3 · 1429 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
14. 4.257 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, Nov 11, 11:48 PM GMT-3 · 1423 days ago · 129 km deep · 11 km away
15. 4.1Chile-Bolivia border regionSun, Nov 20, 7:46 AM GMT-3 · 1414 days ago · 120 km deep · 84 km away

Before

1. 4.263 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Sep 20, 1:37 AM GMT-3 · 1475 days ago · 113 km deep · 26 km away
2. 4.532 km NE of Calama, ChileMon, Sep 19, 9:59 AM GMT-3 · 1476 days ago · 125 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
3. 4.4155 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Sep 18, 3:20 PM GMT-3 · 1477 days ago · 132 km deep · 99 km away
4. 4.2150 km SE of Iquique, ChileSat, Sep 17, 12:53 AM GMT-3 · 1479 days ago · 118 km deep · 98 km away
5. 4.3Antofagasta, ChileMon, Sep 12, 11:08 PM GMT-3 · 1483 days ago · 106 km deep · 47 km away
6. 4.430 km NE of Calama, ChileMon, Sep 12, 8:38 PM GMT-3 · 1483 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away
7. 4.390 km NE of Calama, ChileSun, Sep 11, 7:47 PM GMT-3 · 1484 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
8. 4.3151 km NNE of Calama, ChileSat, Sep 10, 1:23 AM GMT-4 · 1485 days ago · 132 km deep · 96 km away
9. 4.5151 km N of Calama, ChileFri, Sep 9, 8:15 PM GMT-4 · 1486 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
10. 4.233 km S of Calama, ChileTue, Sep 6, 12:46 AM GMT-4 · 1489 days ago · 107 km deep · 91 km away
11. 4.545 km ENE of Calama, ChileMon, Sep 5, 12:07 AM GMT-4 · 1490 days ago · 117 km deep · 49 km away
12. 4.5Chile-Bolivia border regionSat, Sep 3, 3:51 PM GMT-4 · 1492 days ago · 120 km deep · 78 km away
13. 4.378 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, Sep 2, 7:25 AM GMT-4 · 1493 days ago · 140 km deep · 26 km away
14. 4.866 km NNE of Calama, ChileThu, Sep 1, 3:54 AM GMT-4 · 1494 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
15. 4.0140 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Aug 24, 11:03 AM GMT-4 · 1502 days ago · 119 km deep · 85 km away
16. 5.460 km NE of Calama, ChileWed, Aug 24, 8:09 AM GMT-4 · 1502 days ago · 117 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 9

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000iabz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:27 PM UTC.