M4.4 earthquake 134 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 134 km E of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Jul 25, 2022, 6:42 AM GMT-4 (10:42 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 140 km NE 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-25 10:42:00 UTC
- Depth
- 115.3 km (71.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.096° S, 68.867° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 239°, dip 8°, rake -26°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 354°, dip 87°, rake -97°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9140 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1519 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 11
- 3.982 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1512 days ago · 109 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 4.6103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1478 days ago · 96 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 19
- 4.5101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1478 days ago · 101 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1474 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.5Tarapaca, Chile · 1538 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1538 days ago · 108 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4137 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1555 days ago · 115 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1556 days ago · 104 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1Tarapaca, Chile · 1561 days ago · 94 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000htaf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC.