M4.4 earthquake 111 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 111 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, May 21, 2022, 9:41 AM GMT-4 (13:41 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 150 km E 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-21 13:41:46 UTC
- Depth
- 101.1 km (62.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.548° S, 69.142° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 9
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.6 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1596 days ago · 135 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.199 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1592 days ago · 102 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2124 km N of Calama, Chile · 1591 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1588 days ago · 102 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 4.292 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1586 days ago · 96 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 4.1142 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1583 days ago · 109 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2140 km N of Calama, Chile · 1580 days ago · 127 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1577 days ago · 104 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 4.098 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1574 days ago · 95 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1573 days ago · 105 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.6150 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1568 days ago · 120 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
- 4.1Tarapaca, Chile · 1562 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
- 4.2139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1556 days ago · 104 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4137 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1555 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1551 days ago · 131 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1545 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1541 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1539 days ago · 108 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.1114 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1598 days ago · 105 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.0131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1603 days ago · 125 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.042 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1606 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1606 days ago · 100 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
- 4.2137 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1609 days ago · 118 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2148 km N of Calama, Chile · 1612 days ago · 124 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.441 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1614 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
- 4.0146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1621 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1621 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
- 3.659 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1622 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 3.767 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1623 days ago · 89 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 4.6145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1624 days ago · 139 km deep · 97 km away
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