Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 83 km NE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 83 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Oct 1, 2022, 9:16 PM GMT-3 (00:16 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 87 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
2022-10-02 00:16:24 UTC
Depth
97.3 km (60.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.695° S, 69.564° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.4 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.787 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1460 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  2. 4.050 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 1451 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
  3. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 1431 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.332 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1426 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 2.9Tarapaca, Chile · 1464 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.293 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1467 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.480 km N of Iquique, Chile · 1467 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 8
  4. 3.923 km SSE of Cami?a, Chile · 1469 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.2116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1473 days ago · 110 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.5101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1477 days ago · 101 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.6103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1477 days ago · 96 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 19
  8. 4.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 1478 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 8
  9. 3.120 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1480 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  10. 3.737 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1489 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iq3s. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC.