M4.4 earthquake 46 km ENE of Cuya, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 46 km ENE of Cuya, Chile on Mon, Jul 17, 2023, 3:01 AM GMT-4 (07:01 UTC), 96 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Tarapaca, 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
- 2023-07-17 07:01:48 UTC
- Depth
- 95.5 km (59.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.979° S, 69.778° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1Tarapaca, Chile · 1156 days ago · 101 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 7
- 4.13 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 1153 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.025 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1143 days ago · 109 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kgax. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.