M4.7 earthquake 59 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 59 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile on Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 8:50 PM GMT-3 (23:50 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 78 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-15 23:50:29 UTC
- Depth
- 112.8 km (70.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.746° S, 68.374° 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 I, not felt shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.7 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 122°, dip 40°, rake -167°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 22°, dip 82°, rake -51°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.6 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 129
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.545 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1053 days ago · 116 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.526 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1050 days ago · 135 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1046 days ago · 105 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
- 4.153 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1044 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.565 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1043 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 4.281 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1042 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.556 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1040 days ago · 116 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.747 km ESE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1039 days ago · 152 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.278 km N of Calama, Chile · 1037 days ago · 103 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.644 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1019 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.323 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1011 days ago · 135 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.445 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1008 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.569 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1005 days ago · 114 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.364 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1005 days ago · 129 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.330 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1000 days ago · 116 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.475 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1000 days ago · 136 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.125 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 995 days ago · 122 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1054 days ago · 132 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.759 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1058 days ago · 114 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.468 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1060 days ago · 141 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4Antofagasta, Chile · 1061 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.672 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1062 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.172 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1071 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.944 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1072 days ago · 120 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.476 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1074 days ago · 134 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.441 km E of Calama, Chile · 1080 days ago · 133 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1084 days ago · 136 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lnqg. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:46 PM UTC.