M4.5 earthquake 45 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 45 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile on Thu, Nov 16, 2023, 3:13 PM GMT-3 (18:13 UTC), 116 km (72 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-16 18:13:28 UTC
- Depth
- 115.6 km (71.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.144° S, 68.687° 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, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 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 · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 4.153 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1044 days ago · 127 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.565 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1043 days ago · 96 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
- 4.281 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1042 days ago · 121 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.556 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1039 days ago · 116 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 4.747 km ESE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1039 days ago · 152 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.278 km N of Calama, Chile · 1036 days ago · 103 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.347 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1019 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 4.644 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1019 days ago · 113 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.287 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1019 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.176 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1018 days ago · 116 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.323 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1011 days ago · 135 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.445 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1007 days ago · 117 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.569 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1005 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.364 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1004 days ago · 129 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.330 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1000 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.475 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 999 days ago · 136 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.125 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 994 days ago · 122 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.759 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1053 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1054 days ago · 132 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.759 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1057 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.468 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1060 days ago · 141 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.371 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1062 days ago · 113 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 4.672 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1062 days ago · 112 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 4.172 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1071 days ago · 109 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.944 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1072 days ago · 120 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.476 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1073 days ago · 134 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.578 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1080 days ago · 112 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lnxi. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.