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M4.1 earthquake 114 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 114 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, May 20, 2022, 5:15 PM GMT-4 (21:15 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 150 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-05-20 21:15:43 UTC
Depth
104.6 km (65.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.776° S, 69.224° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
77°
Stations used
21

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 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4111 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1597 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 9
  2. 4.0145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1596 days ago · 135 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.199 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1591 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.2124 km N of Calama, Chile · 1590 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.1136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1587 days ago · 102 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.292 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1586 days ago · 96 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  7. 4.1142 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1582 days ago · 109 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 4.3111 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1580 days ago · 111 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.2140 km N of Calama, Chile · 1579 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 4.2106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1576 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.098 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1574 days ago · 95 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  12. 4.2116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1572 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 4.6150 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1567 days ago · 120 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
  14. 4.2139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1556 days ago · 104 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.4137 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1554 days ago · 115 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  16. 4.2147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1550 days ago · 131 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1544 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.5146 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1542 days ago · 134 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 4.1118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1540 days ago · 111 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1538 days ago · 108 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 4.0131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1602 days ago · 125 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 3.042 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1605 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.0101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1605 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  4. 4.2137 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1608 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.285 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1610 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.2148 km N of Calama, Chile · 1612 days ago · 124 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 3.441 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1613 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
  8. 4.0146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1620 days ago · 112 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.5110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1621 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
  10. 3.659 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1621 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.767 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1623 days ago · 89 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  12. 4.6145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1624 days ago · 139 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hms5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:12 AM UTC.