Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 69 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 69 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile on Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 1:19 PM GMT-4 (17:19 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Tarapaca, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-07-20 17:19:54 UTC
Depth
120.0 km (74.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.853° S, 68.796° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
55°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.354 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1171 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.563 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1152 days ago · 100 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
  3. 4.180 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1147 days ago · 106 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.552 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1144 days ago · 99 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.743 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1140 days ago · 103 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 5.257 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1139 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 17
  7. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1137 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.285 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1136 days ago · 128 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.045 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile · 1135 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  10. 4.357 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1125 days ago · 110 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.992 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 1122 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.222 km SSE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1121 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.240 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1121 days ago · 131 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 5.3Tarapaca, Chile · 1119 days ago · 111 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 16
  15. 4.486 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1116 days ago · 112 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4

Before

  1. 4.285 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1176 days ago · 110 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1187 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.012 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1188 days ago · 134 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.270 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1190 days ago · 115 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1198 days ago · 137 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.847 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1198 days ago · 134 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.381 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1198 days ago · 103 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 4.466 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1203 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kh6a. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC.