M4.1 earthquake 136 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 136 km N of Calama, Chile on Sun, Jan 1, 2023, 10:27 AM GMT-3 (13:27 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 Chile-Bolivia border region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-01 13:27:29 UTC
- Depth
- 90.5 km (56.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.222° S, 68.962° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1364 days ago · 128 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.584 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1362 days ago · 150 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1361 days ago · 151 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.9Chile-Bolivia border region · 1356 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1155 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1351 days ago · 149 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4102 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1351 days ago · 138 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1348 days ago · 116 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1348 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3137 km N of Calama, Chile · 1343 days ago · 116 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1342 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 1335 days ago · 95 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.2113 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1334 days ago · 131 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1333 days ago · 104 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.374 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1332 days ago · 131 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4120 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1330 days ago · 148 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.482 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1330 days ago · 133 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.461 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1326 days ago · 117 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.155 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1320 days ago · 133 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.287 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1319 days ago · 106 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.366 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1317 days ago · 124 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.575 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1314 days ago · 121 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5Chile-Bolivia border region · 1314 days ago · 123 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1314 days ago · 135 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.171 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1313 days ago · 141 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.2134 km N of Calama, Chile · 1378 days ago · 120 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1378 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.281 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1386 days ago · 130 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2157 km N of Calama, Chile · 1388 days ago · 134 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2140 km N of Calama, Chile · 1389 days ago · 114 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.0144 km N of Calama, Chile · 1391 days ago · 114 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1401 days ago · 150 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5Chile-Bolivia border region · 1401 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
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