M4.2 earthquake 55 km ENE of Huara, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 55 km ENE of Huara, Chile on Tue, May 23, 2023, 11:42 PM GMT-4 (03:42 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 43 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-24 03:42:57 UTC
- Depth
- 109.8 km (68.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.800° S, 69.284° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.144 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1228 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.443 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1217 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 3.959 km E of Huara, Chile · 1209 days ago · 99 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.466 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1201 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 4.313 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1197 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.067 km E of Huara, Chile · 1197 days ago · 114 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.285 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1174 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.664 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1234 days ago · 105 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 11
- 4.373 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1237 days ago · 110 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 4.037 km W of Camiña, Chile · 1241 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.294 km NNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1241 days ago · 114 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.574 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 1248 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k3ec. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC.