Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, May 30, 2022, 8:29 PM GMT-4 (00:29 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 159 km NNE of Calama, 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
2022-05-31 00:29:29 UTC
Depth
101.9 km (63.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.515° S, 68.885° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.0 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.292 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1586 days ago · 96 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.1142 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1582 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.2140 km N of Calama, Chile · 1579 days ago · 127 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.2106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1576 days ago · 104 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.8159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1576 days ago · 129 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.098 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1574 days ago · 95 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.2116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1572 days ago · 105 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.6150 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1567 days ago · 120 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
  9. 4.1Tarapaca, Chile · 1561 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
  10. 4.2139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1556 days ago · 104 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.4137 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1554 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  12. 4.2147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1550 days ago · 131 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1545 days ago · 109 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 4.5146 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1542 days ago · 134 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 4.1118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1540 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1538 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  17. 4.4134 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1532 days ago · 115 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3

Before

  1. 4.2124 km N of Calama, Chile · 1590 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.199 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1591 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.0145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1596 days ago · 135 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.4111 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1597 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 9
  5. 4.1114 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1597 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.0131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1602 days ago · 125 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.042 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1605 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.0101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1606 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  9. 4.2137 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1609 days ago · 118 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.2148 km N of Calama, Chile · 1612 days ago · 124 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 3.441 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1613 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hdpk. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC.