M4.1 earthquake 44 km SSE of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 44 km SSE of Camiña, Chile on Wed, May 24, 2023, 10:22 PM GMT-4 (02:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 43 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-25 02:22:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.677° S, 69.253° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.443 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1217 days ago · 115 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 3.959 km E of Huara, Chile · 1210 days ago · 99 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.466 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1201 days ago · 108 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 4.313 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1198 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.067 km E of Huara, Chile · 1197 days ago · 114 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.446 km ENE of Cuya, Chile · 1175 days ago · 96 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.255 km ENE of Huara, Chile · 1229 days ago · 110 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.664 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1234 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 11
- 4.373 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1237 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 4.037 km W of Camiña, Chile · 1241 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.574 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 1248 days ago · 112 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k3mx. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.