M4.5 earthquake 101 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 101 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Sep 17, 2022, 12:05 PM GMT-3 (15:05 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 87 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-17 15:05:02 UTC
- Depth
- 101.1 km (62.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.177° S, 69.179° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1473 days ago · 110 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 3.923 km SSE of Cami?a, Chile · 1469 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.9Tarapaca, Chile · 1464 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1121 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1463 days ago · 118 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.183 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1462 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 4.787 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1459 days ago · 96 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
- 4.4108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1445 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 3.332 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1426 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.6103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1477 days ago · 96 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 19
- 4.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 1478 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 8
- 3.120 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1479 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 3.737 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1489 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 3.442 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1494 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 7
- 4.2124 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1507 days ago · 89 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i8vb. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC.