M4.0 earthquake 85 km S of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 85 km S of Arica, Chile on Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 3:08 AM GMT-3 (06:08 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 76 km SSE 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
- 2022-02-16 06:08:04 UTC
- Depth
- 48.8 km (30.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.236° S, 70.146° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.7 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.378 km E of Arica, Chile · 1678 days ago · 131 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.127 km WSW of Arica, Chile · 1665 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2120 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1657 days ago · 100 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.576 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1638 days ago · 57 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 4.378 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1636 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.2122 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1705 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 5.076 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1711 days ago · 134 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
- 5.5122 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1712 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 25
- 4.044 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1713 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gl8e. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC.