Weak mag. 3.2 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 90 km northwest of Vallenar, Huasco, Atacama, Chile, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 1:47 am (GMT -5) -
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Weak magnitude 3.2 earthquake at 34 km depth
17 May 06:59 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 12 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 17, 2022 06:47:30 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 1:47 am (GMT -5) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.2 |
| Depth | 34.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 28.01°S / 71.42°W  (South Pacific Ocean, Chile) |
| Antipode | 28.01°N / 108.58°E |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 90 km (56 mi) NW of Vallenar (pop: 44,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 129 km (80 mi) SW of Copiapo (pop: 129,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 610 km (379 mi) N of Santiago de Chile (pop: 4,837,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Scattered Clouds  13.5°C (56 F), humidity: 85%, wind: 6 m/s (11 kts) from SSW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 4 x 109 joules (1.11 megawatt hours, equivalent to 0.951 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.2 | 34 km | OFFSHORE ATACAMA, CHILE | EMSC |
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