M4.4 earthquake 20 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 20 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile on Thu, Mar 9, 2023, 10:16 PM GMT-3 (01:16 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 161 km N 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
- 2023-03-10 01:16:18 UTC
- Depth
- 126.0 km (78.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.163° S, 68.440° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4161 km N of Calama, Chile · 1288 days ago · 105 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 14
- 4.255 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1272 days ago · 123 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.443 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1271 days ago · 123 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1271 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.593 km NW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1270 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.875 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1265 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.471 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1262 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 4.448 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1254 days ago · 121 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.569 km NE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1252 days ago · 167 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.242 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1252 days ago · 114 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.074 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1250 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.358 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1306 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.169 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1311 days ago · 127 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.169 km ENE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1312 days ago · 211 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.171 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1313 days ago · 141 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1314 days ago · 135 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5Chile-Bolivia border region · 1314 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.575 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1314 days ago · 121 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.366 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1318 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.287 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1319 days ago · 106 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.155 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1320 days ago · 133 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.063 km NE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1321 days ago · 178 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.461 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1326 days ago · 117 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.482 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1330 days ago · 133 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4120 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1331 days ago · 148 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.374 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1332 days ago · 131 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1333 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000jip4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:40 PM UTC.