M4.2 earthquake 84 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 84 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 3:25 AM GMT-3 (06:25 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 161 km N 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-30 06:25:28 UTC
- Depth
- 126.7 km (78.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.719° S, 68.721° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 28
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 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 1335 days ago · 95 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2113 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1334 days ago · 131 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.374 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1332 days ago · 131 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4120 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1330 days ago · 148 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.482 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1330 days ago · 133 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.461 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1326 days ago · 117 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6Antofagasta, Chile · 1326 days ago · 125 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.237 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1323 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.155 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1320 days ago · 133 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.287 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1319 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.366 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1317 days ago · 124 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.312 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1314 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.575 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1314 days ago · 121 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.5Chile-Bolivia border region · 1314 days ago · 123 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1314 days ago · 135 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.171 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1313 days ago · 141 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1313 days ago · 102 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.169 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1310 days ago · 127 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.358 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1306 days ago · 128 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.420 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1304 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.441 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1302 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.4161 km N of Calama, Chile · 1288 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 14
Before
- 4.3137 km N of Calama, Chile · 1343 days ago · 116 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1348 days ago · 123 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1348 days ago · 116 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4102 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1351 days ago · 138 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1155 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1351 days ago · 149 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.9Chile-Bolivia border region · 1356 days ago · 114 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 4.315 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1360 days ago · 106 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1361 days ago · 151 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.584 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1362 days ago · 150 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1364 days ago · 128 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1136 km N of Calama, Chile · 1371 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jk98. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.