M4.1 earthquake 98 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 98 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 10:02 PM GMT-3 (01:02 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 154 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-17 01:02:09 UTC
- Depth
- 75.2 km (46.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.468° S, 69.251° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1657 days ago · 125 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.295 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 1656 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 4.296 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1655 days ago · 91 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 2.618 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 1652 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1643 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3147 km N of Calama, Chile · 1639 days ago · 131 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.0106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1636 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1634 days ago · 117 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1632 days ago · 131 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 3.767 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1622 days ago · 89 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 3.659 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1621 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
- 4.5110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1620 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
- 4.0146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1619 days ago · 112 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 3.441 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1612 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
- 4.2148 km N of Calama, Chile · 1611 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2137 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1608 days ago · 118 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.111 km S of Iquique, Chile · 1607 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1605 days ago · 100 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
- 3.042 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1604 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1662 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.8131 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1663 days ago · 99 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
- 4.2129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 127 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1668 days ago · 116 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3128 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1674 days ago · 110 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1681 days ago · 94 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
- 4.2116 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1682 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4159 km N of Calama, Chile · 1684 days ago · 140 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 4.386 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1685 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.88 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1687 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
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