M4.3 earthquake 90 km ESE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 90 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Mon, Aug 8, 2022, 5:19 AM GMT-4 (09:19 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km NNW of Cami?a, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-08 09:19:15 UTC
- Depth
- 111.5 km (69.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.749° S, 69.492° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.515 km NNW of Cami?a, Chile · 1505 days ago · 106 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.470 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1498 days ago · 97 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3111 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1489 days ago · 117 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.447 km E of Arica, Chile · 1478 days ago · 121 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.923 km SSE of Cami?a, Chile · 1470 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.293 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1467 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.9140 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1520 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 11
- 4.5125 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1520 days ago · 123 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.577 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1521 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1525 days ago · 116 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.443 km E of Arica, Chile · 1527 days ago · 130 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.081 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1534 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5Tarapaca, Chile · 1538 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i916. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC.