Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 74 km SE of Camiña, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 74 km SE of Camiña, Chile on Fri, May 5, 2023, 12:00 AM GMT-4 (04:00 UTC), 112 km (69 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 76 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-05-05 04:00:13 UTC
Depth
111.5 km (69.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.858° S, 69.004° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.1 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
44

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.294 km NNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1242 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.373 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1238 days ago · 110 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.664 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1234 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 11
  4. 4.255 km ENE of Huara, Chile · 1229 days ago · 110 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.144 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1229 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 5.076 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1219 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 14
  7. 4.443 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1218 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.188 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1218 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 3.959 km E of Huara, Chile · 1210 days ago · 99 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 4.466 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1202 days ago · 108 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  11. 4.313 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1198 days ago · 102 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.067 km E of Huara, Chile · 1197 days ago · 114 km deep · 14 km away

Before

  1. 4.593 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1270 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k9lz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:34 PM UTC.