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M5.2 earthquake Tarapaca, Chile

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in Tarapaca, Chile on Mon, Oct 17, 2022, 10:38 AM GMT-3 (13:38 UTC), 131 km (81 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-10-17 13:38:22 UTC
Depth
130.7 km (81.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
18.425° S, 69.267° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
5.2 Mww
Nodal plane 1
Strike 234°, dip 33°, rake -27°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 347°, dip 76°, rake -120°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.7 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
55°
Stations used
90

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.281 km E of Arica, Chile · 1445 days ago · 133 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.572 km E of Palca, Peru · 1437 days ago · 155 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.433 km E of Palca, Peru · 1431 days ago · 155 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.354 km SE of Calana, Peru · 1425 days ago · 125 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.041 km E of Arica, Chile · 1417 days ago · 89 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 4.8Peru-Bolivia border region · 1401 days ago · 159 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.4139 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1396 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 1395 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 4.7107 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 1451 days ago · 155 km deep · 46 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iuad. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC.