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M4.3 earthquake 64 km W of Ollagüe, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 64 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Thu, Jan 4, 2024, 3:05 AM GMT-3 (06:05 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 25 km WNW of Ollagüe, 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
2024-01-04 06:05:20 UTC
Depth
128.9 km (80.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.222° S, 68.877° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.330 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1000 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.475 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1000 days ago · 136 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 5.125 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 995 days ago · 122 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.478 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 991 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.543 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile · 986 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 9
  6. 5.067 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 983 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  7. 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 982 days ago · 115 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 4.474 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 982 days ago · 125 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 4.245 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 981 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.241 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 973 days ago · 150 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 4.582 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 970 days ago · 120 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.456 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 962 days ago · 122 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 4.275 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 950 days ago · 116 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 4.658 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 949 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.229 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 947 days ago · 146 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 3.966 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 945 days ago · 96 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.569 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1005 days ago · 114 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.445 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1008 days ago · 117 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 4.323 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1011 days ago · 135 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.176 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1019 days ago · 116 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.644 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1019 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.347 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 1019 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m1lm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC.