M4.6 earthquake 49 km SSE of Colchane, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 49 km SSE of Colchane, Chile on Tue, Jan 31, 2023, 4:45 PM GMT-3 (19:45 UTC), 149 km (92 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 106 km SE of Colchane, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-31 19:45:10 UTC
- Depth
- 148.7 km (92.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.663° S, 68.404° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 74
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0106 km SE of Colchane, Chile · 1326 days ago · 170 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 4.066 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1311 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jkkj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC.