M3.9 earthquake 59 km E of Huara, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 59 km E of Huara, Chile on Mon, Jun 12, 2023, 4:51 AM GMT-4 (08:51 UTC), 99 km (62 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
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-06-12 08:51:44 UTC
- Depth
- 99.0 km (61.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.963° S, 69.207° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 15
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.466 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1202 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 4.313 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1199 days ago · 102 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.067 km E of Huara, Chile · 1198 days ago · 114 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.285 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1175 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 5.1Tarapaca, Chile · 1156 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
- 4.13 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 1154 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.563 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1151 days ago · 100 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
Before
- 4.188 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1218 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.443 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1218 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 5.076 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1219 days ago · 100 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 14
- 4.144 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 1229 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.255 km ENE of Huara, Chile · 1230 days ago · 110 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.664 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1235 days ago · 105 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 11
- 4.373 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1238 days ago · 110 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k7y3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:56 PM UTC.