Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 59 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 59 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile on Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 10:54 PM GMT-3 (01:54 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 98 km S of La Tirana, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-09-29 01:54:18 UTC
Depth
104.9 km (65.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.061° S, 68.802° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.4 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
42°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.230 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1101 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 4.574 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1098 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.399 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1094 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.454 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1093 days ago · 139 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.898 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 1092 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  6. 4.164 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1091 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1083 days ago · 136 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.578 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1080 days ago · 112 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.476 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1073 days ago · 134 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 3.944 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1072 days ago · 120 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 4.172 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1071 days ago · 109 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 4.672 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1062 days ago · 112 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.371 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1062 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.468 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1060 days ago · 141 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 4.162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1054 days ago · 132 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 4.759 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1053 days ago · 113 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.545 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1053 days ago · 116 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 4.350 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1050 days ago · 101 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  19. 4.526 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1050 days ago · 135 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 4.1100 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 1046 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 4.153 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1044 days ago · 127 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 4.565 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1043 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  23. 4.281 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1042 days ago · 121 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 4.765 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1104 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.354 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1107 days ago · 126 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.253 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1108 days ago · 111 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 4.486 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1115 days ago · 112 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
  5. 4.373 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1116 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.456 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 1118 days ago · 115 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 5.3Tarapaca, Chile · 1118 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 16
  8. 4.240 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1120 days ago · 131 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 4.222 km SSE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1120 days ago · 110 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 3.992 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 1121 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 4.357 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1124 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1

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