Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 39 km ENE of Huara, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 39 km ENE of Huara, Chile on Sat, Jan 27, 2024, 2:55 AM GMT-3 (05:55 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 33 km SSE of Cuya, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-01-27 05:55:34 UTC
Depth
88.1 km (54.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.819° S, 69.440° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.819 km WSW of Camiña, Chile · 974 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 8
  2. 4.582 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 970 days ago · 120 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.159 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 969 days ago · 103 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 3.966 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 945 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.613 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 944 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.381 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 941 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.340 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 939 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.346 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 930 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  9. 5.033 km SSE of Cuya, Chile · 924 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 14

Before

  1. 4.543 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile · 986 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 9
  2. 4.537 km N of Camiña, Chile · 1006 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.345 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 1010 days ago · 101 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.026 km SSW of Pozo Almonte, Chile · 1011 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000luaj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC.