Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 72 km W of Ollagüe, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 72 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Tue, Nov 7, 2023, 6:04 AM GMT-3 (09:04 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 59 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-11-07 09:04:40 UTC
Depth
112.2 km (69.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.111° S, 68.945° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.6 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
52°
Stations used
93

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.371 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 1062 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.468 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1060 days ago · 141 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.759 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1057 days ago · 114 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1053 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.759 km SSW of Ollag?e, Chile · 1053 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.545 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1053 days ago · 116 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.350 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1050 days ago · 101 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.526 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1050 days ago · 135 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 4.1100 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 1046 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.153 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1044 days ago · 127 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 4.565 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1043 days ago · 96 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  12. 4.281 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1042 days ago · 121 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 4.556 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1039 days ago · 116 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.278 km N of Calama, Chile · 1036 days ago · 103 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 4.347 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1019 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.644 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1019 days ago · 113 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 4.287 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1019 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 4.176 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1018 days ago · 116 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 4.323 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1011 days ago · 135 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 4.445 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1007 days ago · 117 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 4.569 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1005 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 4.364 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1004 days ago · 129 km deep · 14 km away

Before

  1. 4.172 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1071 days ago · 109 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.944 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1072 days ago · 120 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.476 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1073 days ago · 134 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 4.578 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 1080 days ago · 112 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.375 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1083 days ago · 136 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.164 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1091 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000l9b9. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:35 AM UTC.