M4.0 earthquake 37 km W of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 37 km W of Camiña, Chile on Thu, May 11, 2023, 12:52 PM GMT-4 (16:52 UTC), 88 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 13 km SSE of Camiña, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-11 16:52:57 UTC
- Depth
- 87.6 km (54.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.264° S, 69.777° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.9 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.255 km ENE of Huara, Chile · 1229 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.144 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1228 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.959 km E of Huara, Chile · 1209 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.313 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1198 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.067 km E of Huara, Chile · 1197 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kb6d. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC.