M4.1 earthquake 40 km NNW of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 40 km NNW of Camiña, Chile on Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 5:44 PM GMT-3 (20:44 UTC), 106 km (66 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-12-19 20:44:23 UTC
- Depth
- 105.8 km (65.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.001° S, 69.618° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 31
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.537 km N of Camiña, Chile · 1006 days ago · 122 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.384 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 1002 days ago · 143 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.039 km ENE of Huara, Chile · 982 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.658 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 976 days ago · 123 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.819 km WSW of Camiña, Chile · 974 days ago · 113 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 8
- 4.159 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 969 days ago · 103 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lk6c. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:07 PM UTC.