M4.4 earthquake 47 km E of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 47 km E of Arica, Chile on Sat, Sep 17, 2022, 7:50 AM GMT-3 (10:50 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 Tarapaca, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-17 10:50:44 UTC
- Depth
- 121.4 km (75.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.464° S, 69.851° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 32
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.293 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1467 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 4.7107 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 1451 days ago · 155 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1448 days ago · 131 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
- 4.281 km E of Arica, Chile · 1444 days ago · 133 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 1431 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 4.433 km E of Palca, Peru · 1430 days ago · 155 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.354 km SE of Calana, Peru · 1424 days ago · 125 km deep · 26 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i8tr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC.