Light mag. 3.5 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 31 km northwest of Valparaiso, Region de Valparaiso, Chile, on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 7:09 pm (GMT -5) -
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Light magnitude 3.5 earthquake at 5 km depth
16 May 00:16 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 6 minutes.
16 May 00:28: Magnitude recalculated from 3.3 to 3.5.
16 May 00:28: Magnitude recalculated from 3.3 to 3.5.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 16, 2022 00:09:43 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 7:09 pm (GMT -5) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.5 |
| Depth | 5.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 32.81147°S / 71.81808°W  (South Pacific Ocean, Chile) |
| Antipode | 32.811°N / 108.182°E |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake) |
| Nearest volcano | Tupungatito (199 km / 124 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 31 km (19 mi) NW of Valparaiso (pop: 282,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) NW of Viña del Mar (pop: 294,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 44 km (27 mi) NW of Quilpué (pop: 130,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 49 km (30 mi) WNW of Villa Alemana (pop: 97,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 54 km (33 mi) W of Quillota (pop: 67,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 56 km (35 mi) W of Hacienda La Calera (pop: 49,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 56 km (35 mi) WNW of Limache (Marga Marga) (pop: 35,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 89 km (55 mi) NNW of San Antonio (pop: 85,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 130 km (81 mi) WNW of Santiago de Chile (pop: 4,837,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 146 km (91 mi) NW of Puente Alto (pop: 510,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky  12.5°C (54 F), humidity: 73%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from SW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.1 x 1010 joules (3.12 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.68 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.5 | 5 km | Near Coast of Central Chile | RaspberryShake |
| 3.0 | 17 km | OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE | EMSC |
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