M4.0 earthquake 25 km SSE of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 25 km SSE of Camiña, Chile on Fri, Aug 18, 2023, 1:48 PM GMT-4 (17:48 UTC), 109 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 13 km NNE 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
- 2023-08-18 17:48:43 UTC
- Depth
- 108.6 km (67.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.523° S, 69.319° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.357 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1125 days ago · 110 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 3.75 km N of Huara, Chile · 1117 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 4.147 km NE of La Tirana, Chile · 1112 days ago · 93 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 4.452 km ENE of Huara, Chile · 1108 days ago · 105 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 4.765 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1105 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
- 4.813 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 1090 days ago · 108 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 4.360 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1090 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.068 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1087 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.437 km SSW of Colchane, Chile · 1086 days ago · 128 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.552 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1144 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 1148 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 4.563 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1151 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 4.13 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 1154 days ago · 106 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.1Tarapaca, Chile · 1156 days ago · 101 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kqqq. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC.