M4.4 earthquake 37 km SSW of Colchane, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 37 km SSW of Colchane, Chile on Sat, Oct 14, 2023, 7:32 PM GMT-3 (22:32 UTC), 128 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 28 km ENE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-10-14 22:32:26 UTC
- Depth
- 127.8 km (79.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.591° S, 68.768° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 42
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.578 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1081 days ago · 112 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 4.212 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 1080 days ago · 107 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.142 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1077 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 4.880 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1073 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
- 4.350 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1050 days ago · 101 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 4.548 km NE of La Tirana, Chile · 1050 days ago · 118 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 5.060 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1039 days ago · 118 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
- 5.828 km ENE of Camiña, Chile · 1038 days ago · 112 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 25
- 4.272 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1037 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 4.068 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1087 days ago · 105 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.360 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1089 days ago · 98 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.813 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 1090 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 4.399 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1095 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.765 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1105 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 4.452 km ENE of Huara, Chile · 1108 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.147 km NE of La Tirana, Chile · 1112 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lfm7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC.