M4.6 earthquake 47 km S of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 47 km S of Calama, Chile on Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 4:21 AM GMT-3 (07:21 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 9 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-22 07:21:03 UTC
- Depth
- 106.6 km (66.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.881° S, 68.989° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.714 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1030 days ago · 135 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.440 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1029 days ago · 130 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.09 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 993 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.287 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 993 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 4.278 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 1051 days ago · 107 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.238 km S of Calama, Chile · 1054 days ago · 103 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.443 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1058 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.621 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1061 days ago · 125 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Antofagasta, Chile · 1061 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lq0y. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.