M4.4 earthquake 75 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 75 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Tue, Jan 9, 2024, 12:10 AM GMT-3 (03:10 UTC), 136 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 41 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-09 03:10:23 UTC
- Depth
- 135.6 km (84.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.818° S, 68.611° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.125 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 995 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 5.341 km NE of Calama, Chile · 985 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 4.333 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 984 days ago · 116 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.067 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 983 days ago · 121 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
- 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 982 days ago · 115 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.474 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 982 days ago · 125 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.245 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 981 days ago · 118 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.241 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 974 days ago · 150 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.456 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 963 days ago · 122 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.439 km NE of Calama, Chile · 959 days ago · 115 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.843 km NE of Calama, Chile · 952 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.275 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 950 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.658 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 950 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 4.347 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 949 days ago · 130 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.229 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 948 days ago · 146 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.444 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 946 days ago · 158 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.570 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 945 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.027 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 943 days ago · 122 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.453 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 943 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.250 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 942 days ago · 133 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 4.330 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1000 days ago · 116 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.364 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1005 days ago · 129 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.569 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1006 days ago · 114 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.445 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1008 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.323 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1012 days ago · 135 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.644 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1020 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m2mu. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC.