M4.2 earthquake 43 km N of Ollag?e, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 43 km N of Ollag?e, Chile on Wed, May 31, 2023, 11:52 PM GMT-4 (03:52 UTC), 199 km (124 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 76 km NW of Ollagüe, 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
- 2023-06-01 03:52:44 UTC
- Depth
- 199.3 km (123.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.835° S, 68.269° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.076 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1220 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 14
- 4.188 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1218 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.468 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1212 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.466 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1202 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 4.381 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1198 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.847 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1198 days ago · 134 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1197 days ago · 137 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.270 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1190 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.012 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1187 days ago · 134 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1187 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.285 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1176 days ago · 110 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.169 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1173 days ago · 120 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.354 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1171 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.338 km SE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1166 days ago · 134 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.056 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1232 days ago · 131 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.053 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1234 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.664 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1235 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 11
- 4.294 km NNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1243 days ago · 114 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k5f4. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC.