Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 54 km W of Ollagüe, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 54 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Sat, Jul 22, 2023, 5:59 AM GMT-4 (09:59 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-07-22 09:59:32 UTC
Depth
114.9 km (71.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.279° S, 68.771° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
65°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.066 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1166 days ago · 124 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.338 km SE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1165 days ago · 134 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.356 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1159 days ago · 132 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.180 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1146 days ago · 106 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.743 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1139 days ago · 103 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.244 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 1137 days ago · 168 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1136 days ago · 111 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.285 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1135 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 4.045 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile · 1133 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  10. 3.992 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 1121 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.222 km SSE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1120 days ago · 110 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 4.240 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1120 days ago · 131 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 5.3Tarapaca, Chile · 1118 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 16
  14. 4.456 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 1118 days ago · 115 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 4.373 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1116 days ago · 124 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 4.486 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1115 days ago · 112 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4

Before

  1. 4.169 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1172 days ago · 120 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.285 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1175 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1180 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 1186 days ago · 107 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.012 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1186 days ago · 134 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 1189 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.270 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1189 days ago · 115 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1196 days ago · 137 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.847 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1197 days ago · 134 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.381 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1197 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000khl4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC.