Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 50 km ENE of Tocopilla, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 50 km ENE of Tocopilla, Chile on Wed, May 25, 2022, 6:51 PM GMT-4 (22:51 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-05-25 22:51:43 UTC
Depth
67.3 km (41.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
21.892° S, 69.760° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 322°, dip 70°, rake -111°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 190°, dip 28°, rake -46°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.1 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
110°
Stations used
77

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.121 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 1587 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.430 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1584 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.3Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 1583 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 10
  4. 3.846 km WNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 1554 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.380 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 1542 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.1118 km N of Calama, Chile · 1539 days ago · 111 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 5.143 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 1606 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  2. 4.437 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1608 days ago · 122 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.285 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1609 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hcj1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.