M4.2 earthquake 12 km NNE of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 12 km NNE of Camiña, Chile on Sat, Oct 21, 2023, 6:18 AM GMT-3 (09:18 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 28 km ENE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-10-21 09:18:58 UTC
- Depth
- 106.9 km (66.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.205° S, 69.399° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.548 km NE of La Tirana, Chile · 1050 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 5.060 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1038 days ago · 118 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
- 5.828 km ENE of Camiña, Chile · 1037 days ago · 112 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 25
- 4.272 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1037 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.451 km N of Camiña, Chile · 1031 days ago · 117 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.127 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1021 days ago · 105 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.140 km NNW of Camiña, Chile · 1020 days ago · 106 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 4.437 km SSW of Colchane, Chile · 1086 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.068 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1087 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.360 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1089 days ago · 98 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.813 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 1089 days ago · 108 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 4.240 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1107 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.452 km ENE of Huara, Chile · 1108 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lh4u. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:43 PM UTC.