M4.0 earthquake 90 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 90 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 10:42 PM GMT-3 (01:42 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 63 km SSW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-11-17 01:42:51 UTC
- Depth
- 48.3 km (30.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.322° S, 69.904° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.5 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 159°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0144 km N of Calama, Chile · 1392 days ago · 114 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1136 km N of Calama, Chile · 1372 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.263 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 1360 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000iq9v. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:08 PM UTC.