M4.3 earthquake 54 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 54 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 5:16 PM GMT-3 (20:16 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 98 km S of La Tirana, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-23 20:16:32 UTC
- Depth
- 125.5 km (78.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.148° S, 68.768° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 34
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 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.359 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1101 days ago · 105 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 4.230 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1101 days ago · 107 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.574 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1097 days ago · 122 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.454 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1092 days ago · 139 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.898 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 1092 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 7
- 4.164 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1091 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1083 days ago · 136 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.578 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1080 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 4.476 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1073 days ago · 134 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.944 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1071 days ago · 120 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.172 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1071 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.672 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1062 days ago · 112 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 4.371 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1061 days ago · 113 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.468 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1060 days ago · 141 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.759 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1057 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1053 days ago · 132 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.759 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1053 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.545 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1052 days ago · 116 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.526 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1050 days ago · 135 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.253 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1108 days ago · 111 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.486 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1115 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 4.373 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1116 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.456 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 1118 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.3Tarapaca, Chile · 1118 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 16
- 4.240 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1120 days ago · 131 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.222 km SSE of Ollagüe, Chile · 1120 days ago · 110 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.992 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 1121 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.045 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile · 1133 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 4.285 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1135 days ago · 128 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 1136 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kxpq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:45 AM UTC.