M4.3 earthquake 75 km N of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 75 km N of Tocopilla, Chile on Thu, Jul 28, 2022, 4:53 AM GMT-4 (08:53 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 108 km NE 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
- 2022-07-28 08:53:47 UTC
- Depth
- 70.5 km (43.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.414° S, 70.176° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.9 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 165°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i648. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC.