M4.3 earthquake 80 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 80 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile on Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 10:33 PM GMT-4 (02:33 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-14 02:33:24 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.470° S, 70.602° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.122 km NW of Tocopilla, Chile · 1528 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 57
- 4.375 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 1528 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i2a4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC.