Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 62 km west of San Antonio, Region de Valparaiso, Chile, on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 3:33 pm (GMT -4) -
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Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 24 km depth
15 May 19:40 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 7 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 15, 2022 19:33:38 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 3:33 pm (GMT -4) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4 |
| Depth | 23.7 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 33.77038°S / 72.24641°W  (South Pacific Ocean, Chile) |
| Antipode | 33.77°N / 107.754°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake) |
| Nearest volcano | Palomo (202 km / 126 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 62 km (39 mi) WSW of San Antonio (pop: 85,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) WSW of Cartagena (San Antonio) (pop: 16,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 96 km (60 mi) W of Melipilla (pop: 63,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 100 km (62 mi) SW of Valparaiso (pop: 282,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 105 km (65 mi) SW of Viña del Mar (pop: 294,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 110 km (68 mi) SW of Quilpué (pop: 130,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 115 km (71 mi) SW of Villa Alemana (pop: 97,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 146 km (90 mi) WNW of Rancagua (pop: 212,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 152 km (94 mi) WSW of Santiago de Chile (pop: 4,837,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 156 km (97 mi) W of Puente Alto (pop: 510,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  13.3°C (56 F), humidity: 73%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from SW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.0 | 24 km | Off Coast of Central Chile | RaspberryShake |
| 3.6 | 46 km | OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE | EMSC |
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