M4.0 earthquake 12 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 12 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Wed, Jul 5, 2023, 7:30 PM GMT-4 (23:30 UTC), 134 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 43 km SW 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-07-05 23:30:20 UTC
- Depth
- 133.6 km (83.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.337° S, 68.281° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1186 days ago · 107 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1180 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.169 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1172 days ago · 120 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.354 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1170 days ago · 115 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.066 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1166 days ago · 124 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.338 km SE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1166 days ago · 134 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.356 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1159 days ago · 132 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.743 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1139 days ago · 103 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.244 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 1138 days ago · 168 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1189 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.270 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1190 days ago · 115 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1197 days ago · 137 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.847 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1197 days ago · 134 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.381 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1197 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.650 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1211 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.468 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1211 days ago · 110 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kqc4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:35 PM UTC.