M4.3 earthquake 128 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 128 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Mar 3, 2022, 3:02 PM GMT-3 (18:02 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 131 km SE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-03 18:02:56 UTC
- Depth
- 109.8 km (68.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.573° S, 68.984° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1672 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1668 days ago · 116 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.1158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1666 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 127 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8131 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1663 days ago · 99 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1662 days ago · 98 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.198 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1662 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1657 days ago · 125 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.296 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1655 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1643 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1640 days ago · 131 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.0106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1637 days ago · 114 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1637 days ago · 128 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1634 days ago · 117 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1632 days ago · 131 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 4.6145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1623 days ago · 139 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.767 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1622 days ago · 89 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 3.659 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1621 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 4.5110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1620 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 7
- 4.0146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1619 days ago · 112 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.1106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1681 days ago · 94 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
- 4.2116 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1683 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4159 km N of Calama, Chile · 1685 days ago · 140 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 4.386 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1685 days ago · 108 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 140 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1693 days ago · 125 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1695 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1697 days ago · 93 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 22
- 4.0118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1702 days ago · 106 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
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