M4.3 earthquake 38 km SE of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 38 km SE of Ollagüe, Chile on Wed, Jul 26, 2023, 5:54 PM GMT-4 (21:54 UTC), 134 km (84 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-07-26 21:54:13 UTC
- Depth
- 134.5 km (83.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.486° S, 68.005° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.356 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1160 days ago · 132 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.743 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1140 days ago · 103 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.244 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 1138 days ago · 168 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2136 km SE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1130 days ago · 186 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.222 km SSE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1121 days ago · 110 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.240 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1121 days ago · 131 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.456 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 1119 days ago · 115 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.373 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1117 days ago · 124 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.254 km ESE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1115 days ago · 228 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4Potosi, Bolivia · 1109 days ago · 195 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.253 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1109 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.354 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1107 days ago · 126 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.066 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1166 days ago · 124 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.354 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1171 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3122 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1173 days ago · 182 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1181 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1187 days ago · 107 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.012 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1187 days ago · 134 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kxkr. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:35 AM UTC.