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M4.5 earthquake 125 km ESE of Arica, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 125 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Sat, Aug 6, 2022, 8:12 PM GMT-4 (00:12 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 140 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-08-07 00:12:04 UTC
Depth
123.0 km (76.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
18.779° S, 69.157° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
57

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.9140 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1518 days ago · 102 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 11
  2. 4.390 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1517 days ago · 111 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.515 km NNW of Cami?a, Chile · 1504 days ago · 106 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.470 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1497 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.3111 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1488 days ago · 117 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.447 km E of Arica, Chile · 1477 days ago · 121 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 3.923 km SSE of Cami?a, Chile · 1469 days ago · 102 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.293 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1466 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1524 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.443 km E of Arica, Chile · 1526 days ago · 130 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.5Tarapaca, Chile · 1537 days ago · 91 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i8sa. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC.