M4.2 earthquake 120 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 120 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 12:19 PM GMT-3 (15:19 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 148 km NE 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-23 15:19:53 UTC
- Depth
- 100.3 km (62.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.473° S, 69.313° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.2 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 358°, dip 8°, rake 125°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 142°, dip 84°, rake 85°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.2 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1644 days ago · 110 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.0106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1637 days ago · 114 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.576 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1636 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 4.378 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1635 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7148 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1634 days ago · 125 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 3.659 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1621 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 4.5110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1620 days ago · 105 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 7
- 4.5126 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1613 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.0101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1605 days ago · 100 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h6xt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC.