M4.2 earthquake 47 km WSW of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 47 km WSW of Camiña, Chile on Wed, Mar 8, 2023, 11:02 PM GMT-3 (02:02 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 74 km SE 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-09 02:02:01 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.541° S, 69.814° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 8
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.016 km SW of Cuya, Chile · 1274 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.574 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 1249 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000jicj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:58 PM UTC.