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M4.5 earthquake Tarapaca, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in Tarapaca, Chile on Tue, Jul 19, 2022, 12:52 PM GMT-4 (16:52 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 140 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-07-19 16:52:44 UTC
Depth
91.2 km (56.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.482° S, 69.482° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
7
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

7 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 3.4 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
99°
Stations used
91

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.081 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1534 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.4134 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1532 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1525 days ago · 116 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.577 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1521 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.5Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 1520 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.5125 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1520 days ago · 123 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.9140 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1520 days ago · 102 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 11
  8. 4.390 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1518 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 3.982 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1512 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  10. 3.325 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1510 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  11. 4.515 km NNW of Cami?a, Chile · 1505 days ago · 106 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.470 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1499 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.737 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1490 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  14. 4.3111 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1489 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 3.120 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1481 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  16. 4.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 1479 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 8
  17. 4.6103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1478 days ago · 96 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 19
  18. 4.5101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1478 days ago · 101 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 3.123 km N of Iquique, Chile · 1553 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.595 km N of Iquique, Chile · 1554 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 11
  3. 4.4137 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1555 days ago · 115 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.2105 km E of Arica, Chile · 1558 days ago · 133 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.1Tarapaca, Chile · 1562 days ago · 94 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i3pj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC.