Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Feb 4, 2022, 5:52 PM GMT-3 (20:52 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-02-04 20:52:52 UTC
Depth
106.1 km (65.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.451° S, 69.039° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
61°
Stations used
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1697 days ago · 93 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 22
  2. 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1695 days ago · 116 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.2144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1686 days ago · 140 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.386 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1685 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.4159 km N of Calama, Chile · 1685 days ago · 140 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.1106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1681 days ago · 94 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  7. 4.3128 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1675 days ago · 110 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 4.2127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1668 days ago · 116 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 4.1158 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 4.2129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1665 days ago · 127 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 4.8131 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1663 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
  12. 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1662 days ago · 98 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.198 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1661 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 1657 days ago · 125 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 4.296 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1655 days ago · 91 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  16. 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1643 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 4.7127 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1712 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 14
  2. 4.4132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1713 days ago · 133 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.4161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1714 days ago · 148 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.3158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1716 days ago · 115 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 3.8120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1716 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.3115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1719 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.4114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1719 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.3129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1723 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.2162 km N of Calama, Chile · 1726 days ago · 110 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gi2n. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC.