M4.5 earthquake 26 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 26 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile on Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 11:35 AM GMT-3 (14:35 UTC), 135 km (84 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
- 2023-11-19 14:35:59 UTC
- Depth
- 135.2 km (84.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.075° S, 68.452° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1046 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 4.153 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1044 days ago · 127 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.565 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1043 days ago · 96 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 4.281 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1041 days ago · 121 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.556 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1039 days ago · 116 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 4.747 km ESE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1039 days ago · 152 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.278 km N of Calama, Chile · 1036 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.644 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1019 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.287 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1019 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.176 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1018 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.323 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1011 days ago · 135 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.445 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1007 days ago · 117 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.569 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1005 days ago · 114 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.364 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1004 days ago · 129 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.330 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1000 days ago · 116 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.475 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 999 days ago · 136 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.125 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 994 days ago · 122 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 4.478 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 990 days ago · 109 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.545 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1052 days ago · 116 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.759 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1053 days ago · 113 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 4.162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1053 days ago · 132 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.468 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1060 days ago · 141 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.371 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1061 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.672 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1062 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.172 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1071 days ago · 109 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.944 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1071 days ago · 120 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.476 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1073 days ago · 134 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lpgd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:33 AM UTC.