M4.2 earthquake 85 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 85 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Sun, May 8, 2022, 8:30 AM GMT-4 (12:30 UTC), 54 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 43 km N 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-08 12:30:35 UTC
- Depth
- 53.5 km (33.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.424° S, 69.789° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.143 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 1606 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
- 4.0131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1601 days ago · 125 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1114 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1596 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.550 km ENE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1591 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 4.430 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1584 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 1583 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 10
- 4.1142 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1581 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h7xd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.