M3.8 earthquake 46 km WNW of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 46 km WNW of Tocopilla, Chile on Sat, Jul 2, 2022, 3:51 PM GMT-4 (19:51 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 22 km NW of Tocopilla, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-02 19:51:51 UTC
- Depth
- 20.2 km (12.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.937° S, 70.618° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 3.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 2°, dip 36°, rake 102°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 167°, dip 55°, rake 81°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.0 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 169°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.380 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 1543 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 6.122 km NW of Tocopilla, Chile · 1529 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 57
- 4.375 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 1529 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hzfl. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC.