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M4.0 earthquake 53 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 53 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Sat, May 20, 2023, 3:10 AM GMT-4 (07:10 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 76 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-05-20 07:10:14 UTC
Depth
111.3 km (69.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.426° S, 68.727° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.5 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.056 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1231 days ago · 131 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 4.072 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1228 days ago · 134 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.468 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1222 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.243 km N of Ollag?e, Chile · 1221 days ago · 199 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 5.076 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1219 days ago · 100 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 14
  6. 4.188 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1217 days ago · 109 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.283 km N of María Elena, Chile · 1211 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.468 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1211 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.650 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1210 days ago · 106 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 4.221 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1208 days ago · 128 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.381 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1197 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 4.847 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1197 days ago · 134 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1196 days ago · 137 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 4.270 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1189 days ago · 115 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1189 days ago · 110 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.012 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1186 days ago · 134 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1186 days ago · 107 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 4.157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1180 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 4.285 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1174 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.261 km N of Calama, Chile · 1238 days ago · 140 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.074 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1250 days ago · 126 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.242 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1252 days ago · 114 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 4.448 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1254 days ago · 121 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 4.471 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1262 days ago · 95 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kdet. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC.