M4.5 earthquake 37 km N of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 37 km N of Camiña, Chile on Wed, Jan 3, 2024, 12:14 AM GMT-3 (03:14 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 84 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-03 03:14:56 UTC
- Depth
- 122.1 km (75.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.978° S, 69.411° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.384 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 1002 days ago · 143 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.039 km ENE of Huara, Chile · 982 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.658 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 976 days ago · 123 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.819 km WSW of Camiña, Chile · 974 days ago · 113 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 8
- 4.159 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 969 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.150 km N of Camiña, Chile · 958 days ago · 118 km deep · 15 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m1bp. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC.