M4.4 earthquake 51 km N of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 51 km N of Camiña, Chile on Fri, Dec 8, 2023, 8:41 AM GMT-3 (11:41 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 84 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-12-08 11:41:04 UTC
- Depth
- 116.9 km (72.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.849° S, 69.440° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 37
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.127 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1022 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.140 km NNW of Camiña, Chile · 1021 days ago · 106 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.537 km N of Camiña, Chile · 1006 days ago · 122 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.384 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 1002 days ago · 143 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.658 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 976 days ago · 123 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.819 km WSW of Camiña, Chile · 974 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 8
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lhan. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:42 AM UTC.