M4.2 earthquake 127 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 127 km E of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 5:34 AM GMT-3 (08:34 UTC), 116 km (72 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-10 08:34:30 UTC
- Depth
- 115.9 km (72.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.358° S, 68.937° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1667 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8131 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1664 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1663 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.198 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1663 days ago · 75 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1658 days ago · 125 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.296 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1657 days ago · 91 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1644 days ago · 110 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1641 days ago · 131 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1638 days ago · 114 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1638 days ago · 128 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1633 days ago · 131 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 3.767 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1623 days ago · 89 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 3.659 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1622 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
- 4.5110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1621 days ago · 105 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 7
- 4.0146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1620 days ago · 112 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 3.441 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1614 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
- 4.2148 km N of Calama, Chile · 1612 days ago · 124 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.3128 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1676 days ago · 110 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.1106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1682 days ago · 94 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
- 4.4159 km N of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 140 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 4.386 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1686 days ago · 108 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1687 days ago · 140 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.8113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1698 days ago · 93 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 22
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h3if. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:31 PM UTC.