M4.3 earthquake 13 km SSE of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Camiña, Chile on Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 4:50 AM GMT-4 (08:50 UTC), 102 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Tarapaca, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-06-24 08:50:06 UTC
- Depth
- 102.2 km (63.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.429° S, 69.383° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 174°, dip 18°, rake -29°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 292°, dip 81°, rake -106°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.5 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.067 km E of Huara, Chile · 1197 days ago · 114 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.446 km ENE of Cuya, Chile · 1175 days ago · 96 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 5.1Tarapaca, Chile · 1155 days ago · 101 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 7
- 4.13 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 1153 days ago · 106 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.563 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1150 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 1147 days ago · 112 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.552 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1143 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 4.025 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1142 days ago · 109 km deep · 12 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kat6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:22 PM UTC.