M4.5 earthquake 44 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 44 km E of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 10:44 PM GMT-3 (01:44 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 43 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-22 01:44:57 UTC
- Depth
- 126.6 km (78.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.398° S, 68.496° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.838 km N of Calama, Chile · 239 days ago · 110 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.243 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 234 days ago · 118 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.179 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 232 days ago · 126 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 123 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.830 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 226 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 4.670 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 225 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.975 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 110 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 213 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.343 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 258 days ago · 111 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.757 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 272 days ago · 132 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.634 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 278 days ago · 108 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.273 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 279 days ago · 184 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.318 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 281 days ago · 110 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rr8p. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.