M5.8 earthquake 28 km ENE of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 28 km ENE of Camiña, Chile on Sat, Dec 2, 2023, 4:55 AM GMT-3 (07:55 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-12-02 07:55:41 UTC
- Depth
- 112.0 km (69.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.217° S, 69.169° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 25
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.047 · 44 stations |
| 5.8 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
| 5.9 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
| 5.8 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Confirmed |
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 3.9% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.3 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
25 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
| Range | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
| Range, million USD | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.8 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 189°, dip 36°, rake -57°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 330°, dip 60°, rake -111°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 158
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.272 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1037 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.451 km N of Camiña, Chile · 1031 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.127 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1022 days ago · 105 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.140 km NNW of Camiña, Chile · 1020 days ago · 106 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.537 km N of Camiña, Chile · 1006 days ago · 122 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.039 km ENE of Huara, Chile · 982 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lfbb (also filed as usauto7000lfbb). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:57 PM UTC.