M4.0 earthquake 44 km SSE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 44 km SSE of Arica, Chile on Wed, Jan 26, 2022, 11:54 AM GMT-3 (14:54 UTC), 84 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 122 km SE of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-26 14:54:52 UTC
- Depth
- 84.0 km (52.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.864° S, 70.210° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 31
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5122 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1711 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 25
- 5.076 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1710 days ago · 134 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 4.2122 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1705 days ago · 112 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 4.085 km S of Arica, Chile · 1691 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 4.378 km E of Arica, Chile · 1677 days ago · 131 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.127 km WSW of Arica, Chile · 1664 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gf9b. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC.