M4.2 earthquake 30 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 30 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Fri, Sep 29, 2023, 2:39 AM GMT-3 (05:39 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 78 km NE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-29 05:39:43 UTC
- Depth
- 106.7 km (66.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.290° S, 68.540° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.475 km NNE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1099 days ago · 171 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.574 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1098 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.454 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1093 days ago · 139 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.164 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1091 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1083 days ago · 136 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.476 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1073 days ago · 134 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.944 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1072 days ago · 120 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.172 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1071 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.672 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1062 days ago · 112 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.371 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1062 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4Antofagasta, Chile · 1061 days ago · 103 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.468 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1060 days ago · 141 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.759 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1057 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1054 days ago · 132 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.759 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1053 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.545 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1053 days ago · 116 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.526 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1050 days ago · 135 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1046 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 4.153 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1044 days ago · 127 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.565 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1043 days ago · 96 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
- 4.281 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1042 days ago · 121 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 4.359 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1101 days ago · 105 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.354 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1107 days ago · 126 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.253 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1108 days ago · 111 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.254 km ESE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1114 days ago · 228 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.486 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1115 days ago · 112 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 4.373 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1116 days ago · 124 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.456 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 1118 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.3Tarapaca, Chile · 1118 days ago · 111 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 16
- 4.240 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1120 days ago · 131 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.222 km SSE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1120 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lbm5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:50 AM UTC.