M4.6 earthquake 19 km W of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 19 km W of Calama, Chile on Sat, Nov 26, 2022, 6:40 AM GMT-3 (09:40 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 71 km S 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
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-11-26 09:40:28 UTC
- Depth
- 119.0 km (73.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.438° S, 69.115° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.588 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1405 days ago · 124 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.763 km S of Calama, Chile · 1405 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.150 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 1402 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.281 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1386 days ago · 130 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.938 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1384 days ago · 113 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.471 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1381 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4Antofagasta, Chile · 1378 days ago · 111 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.171 km S of Calama, Chile · 1373 days ago · 96 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 9
- 4.868 km S of Calama, Chile · 1371 days ago · 107 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.566 km S of Calama, Chile · 1368 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.425 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1367 days ago · 123 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.584 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1362 days ago · 150 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.315 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1360 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000isj3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.