Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 21 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 21 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile on Sun, May 29, 2022, 8:59 PM GMT-4 (00:59 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 22 km NW of Tocopilla, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-05-30 00:59:38 UTC
Depth
54.0 km (33.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
22.283° S, 70.248° 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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 154°, dip 80°, rake 77°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 28°, dip 16°, rake 143°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.5 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
133°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.430 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1584 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 3.846 km WNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 1554 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.380 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 1543 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 6.122 km NW of Tocopilla, Chile · 1528 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 57
  5. 4.375 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 1528 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4

Before

  1. 4.550 km ENE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1592 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  2. 5.143 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 1606 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hdif. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.