M4.5 earthquake 126 km SE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 126 km SE of Arica, Chile on Wed, May 4, 2022, 11:03 AM GMT-4 (15:03 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-04 15:03:43 UTC
- Depth
- 108.8 km (67.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.231° S, 69.392° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1605 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 4.199 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1591 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 4.292 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1586 days ago · 96 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 4.4127 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1584 days ago · 114 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.5136 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1573 days ago · 128 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Tarapaca, Chile · 1561 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
- 4.2105 km E of Arica, Chile · 1557 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 4.5110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1621 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
- 4.7148 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1634 days ago · 125 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 4.378 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1635 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.576 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1636 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h708. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:13 AM UTC.