M4.5 earthquake 76 km SSE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 76 km SSE of Arica, Chile on Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 3:44 PM GMT-4 (19:44 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-11 19:44:53 UTC
- Depth
- 56.8 km (35.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.136° S, 70.092° 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 III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 170°, dip 87°, rake 92°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 316°, dip 3°, rake 55°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 43
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.378 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1635 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1101 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 1615 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5126 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1614 days ago · 109 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.3Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 1610 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4127 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1584 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h1c0. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:50 PM UTC.