M4.4 earthquake 54 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 54 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile on Sat, Oct 7, 2023, 2:57 PM GMT-3 (17:57 UTC), 139 km (86 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-10-07 17:57:19 UTC
- Depth
- 139.2 km (86.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.620° S, 68.564° 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 7.2 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 22
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 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.164 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1092 days ago · 99 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1084 days ago · 136 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.441 km E of Calama, Chile · 1080 days ago · 133 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.476 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1074 days ago · 134 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.944 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1072 days ago · 120 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.172 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1072 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.672 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1063 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4Antofagasta, Chile · 1062 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.468 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1061 days ago · 141 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.759 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1058 days ago · 114 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1054 days ago · 132 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.759 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1054 days ago · 113 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 4.545 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1053 days ago · 116 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.526 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1051 days ago · 135 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1047 days ago · 105 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 4.153 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1045 days ago · 127 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.565 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1044 days ago · 96 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 4.281 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1042 days ago · 121 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.556 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1040 days ago · 116 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 4.747 km ESE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1040 days ago · 152 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.278 km N of Calama, Chile · 1037 days ago · 103 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.574 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1099 days ago · 122 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.230 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1102 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.359 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1102 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 4.354 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1107 days ago · 126 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4Antofagasta, Chile · 1108 days ago · 122 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.253 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1109 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.254 km ESE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1115 days ago · 228 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.373 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1117 days ago · 124 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.456 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 1119 days ago · 115 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.240 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1121 days ago · 131 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.222 km SSE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1121 days ago · 110 km deep · 48 km away
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