M4.4 earthquake 61 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 61 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Wed, Feb 15, 2023, 2:15 PM GMT-3 (17:15 UTC), 117 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 161 km N 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-02-15 17:15:05 UTC
- Depth
- 116.5 km (72.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.200° S, 68.847° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.155 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1320 days ago · 133 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.287 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1319 days ago · 106 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.366 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1317 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.575 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1314 days ago · 121 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5Chile-Bolivia border region · 1314 days ago · 123 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1313 days ago · 135 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.171 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1313 days ago · 141 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.169 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1310 days ago · 127 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.358 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1305 days ago · 128 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.420 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1304 days ago · 126 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.441 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1302 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.4161 km N of Calama, Chile · 1288 days ago · 105 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 14
- 4.094 km NNE of María Elena, Chile · 1271 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.255 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1271 days ago · 123 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.443 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1271 days ago · 123 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1270 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.593 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1269 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.482 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1330 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4120 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1330 days ago · 148 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.374 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1332 days ago · 131 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1333 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2113 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1334 days ago · 131 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 1335 days ago · 95 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1342 days ago · 127 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3137 km N of Calama, Chile · 1343 days ago · 116 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.5101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1348 days ago · 123 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1348 days ago · 116 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4102 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1351 days ago · 138 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1155 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1351 days ago · 149 km deep · 36 km away
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