Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Tarapaca, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in Tarapaca, Chile on Fri, Dec 9, 2022, 3:51 PM GMT-3 (18:51 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 154 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-09 18:51:02 UTC
Depth
95.3 km (59.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.127° S, 69.835° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
123°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4110 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1395 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.189 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1380 days ago · 117 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.585 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1376 days ago · 93 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.132 km NE of Arica, Chile · 1371 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 5.1154 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 1369 days ago · 126 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.595 km SE of Palca, Peru · 1361 days ago · 133 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.3111 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1346 days ago · 119 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.7119 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1342 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1342 days ago · 111 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 4.673 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1339 days ago · 101 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  11. 4.097 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1339 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 4.4139 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1396 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.041 km E of Arica, Chile · 1417 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.354 km SE of Calana, Peru · 1425 days ago · 125 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j87y. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:51 PM UTC.