M4.1 earthquake 155 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 155 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 3:51 AM GMT-3 (06:51 UTC), 149 km (93 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 140 km NNE 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-21 06:51:30 UTC
- Depth
- 149.1 km (92.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.104° S, 68.517° 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 7.2 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4102 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1352 days ago · 138 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1349 days ago · 116 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1349 days ago · 123 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3137 km N of Calama, Chile · 1344 days ago · 116 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1343 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 1336 days ago · 95 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2113 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1335 days ago · 131 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1334 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.374 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1333 days ago · 131 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4120 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1331 days ago · 148 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.482 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1331 days ago · 133 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.461 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1327 days ago · 117 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.063 km NE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1322 days ago · 178 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.287 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1320 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.366 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1318 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.575 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1315 days ago · 121 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5Chile-Bolivia border region · 1315 days ago · 123 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1314 days ago · 135 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.171 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1314 days ago · 141 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.169 km ENE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1313 days ago · 211 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.169 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1311 days ago · 127 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.358 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1306 days ago · 128 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.420 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1305 days ago · 126 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 4.9Chile-Bolivia border region · 1357 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1362 days ago · 151 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.584 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1363 days ago · 150 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1365 days ago · 128 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.1136 km N of Calama, Chile · 1372 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2134 km N of Calama, Chile · 1379 days ago · 120 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1379 days ago · 122 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j612. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:18 PM UTC.