M4.3 earthquake 52 km NW of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 52 km NW of La Serena, Chile on Fri, Mar 4, 2022, 6:01 AM GMT-3 (09:01 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 70 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-04 09:01:32 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.517° S, 71.560° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 149°
- Stations used
- 52
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.745 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 1676 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.234 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 1652 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 5.070 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 1649 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 12
- 4.525 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 1644 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.243 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1633 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h20b. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:55 AM UTC.