M4.5 earthquake 44 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 44 km E of Calama, Chile on Mon, May 22, 2023, 4:39 AM GMT-4 (08:39 UTC), 123 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 26 km SE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-22 08:39:48 UTC
- Depth
- 123.4 km (76.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.392° S, 68.497° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 70
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.072 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1228 days ago · 134 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.468 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1222 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3Antofagasta, Chile · 1215 days ago · 121 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.650 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1210 days ago · 106 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.221 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1208 days ago · 128 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.826 km SE of Calama, Chile · 1203 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
- 4.677 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1201 days ago · 179 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.847 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1196 days ago · 134 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1196 days ago · 137 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1189 days ago · 110 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1180 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 4.5107 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1234 days ago · 210 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.258 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1236 days ago · 166 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.261 km N of Calama, Chile · 1237 days ago · 140 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.419 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 1246 days ago · 112 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 4.074 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1250 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kduf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:10 PM UTC.