M4.4 earthquake 139 km SE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 139 km SE of Arica, Chile on Thu, Dec 8, 2022, 5:55 PM GMT-3 (20:55 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 154 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-08 20:55:39 UTC
- Depth
- 111.2 km (69.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.262° S, 69.262° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 1395 days ago · 95 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4110 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1395 days ago · 110 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.189 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1380 days ago · 117 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.585 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1376 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 5.1154 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 1369 days ago · 126 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
- 4.282 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1364 days ago · 117 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 4.595 km SE of Palca, Peru · 1361 days ago · 133 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.579 km SSW of Colchane, Chile · 1353 days ago · 124 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3111 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1346 days ago · 119 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 4.7119 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1342 days ago · 123 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1342 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.673 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1339 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 4.097 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1339 days ago · 92 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j80i. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC.