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Santa Cruz de la Sierra (710.1 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)
Light mag. 3.6 earthquake - 61 km southeast of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, Chile, on Friday, May 20, 2022 at 11:14 pm (GMT -4) -
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Light magnitude 3.6 earthquake at 25 km depth
21 May 03:20 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 6 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 21, 2022 03:14:03 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Friday, May 20, 2022 at 11:14 pm (GMT -4) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.6 |
| Depth | 25.1 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 18.86646°S / 69.89216°W  (Provincia de Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, Chile) |
| Antipode | 18.866°N / 110.108°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking |
| Felt | 1 report |
| Primary data source | RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake) |
| Nearest volcano | Taapaca (95 km / 59 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 61 km (38 mi) SE of Arica (Arica y Parinacota) (pop: 186,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) SE of Los Palos (Tacna, Peru) (pop: 207) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 98 km (61 mi) SE of Los Olivos (Tacna, Peru) (pop: 484) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 102 km (63 mi) SSE of Tacna (Peru) (pop: 280,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 107 km (67 mi) SSE of Catana (Tacna, Peru) (pop: 875) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 121 km (75 mi) SE of Vila Vila (Provincia de Tacna, Peru) (pop: 474) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 136 km (84 mi) SSE of Sama Grande (Tacna, Peru) (pop: 826) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 152 km (95 mi) N of Iquique (Tarapacá) (pop: 227,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  13.4°C (56 F), humidity: 60%, wind: 1 m/s (1 kts) from E |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.6 x 1010 joules (4.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 3.79 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.6 | 25 km | Northern Chile | RaspberryShake |
| 2.8 | 58 km | TARAPACA, CHILE | EMSC |
User reports for this quake (1)
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